Recent content by wlescall

I bought the OEM 275MHz/275MHz from newegg.com for $109 w/free shipping. I'm not very well acquainted with the dark side. I've been a Mac User since about 1986.:)

I'm using 10.1.4 without any difficulties. I'm now waiting for Jaguar. I just found on xlryourmac's forums the following URL link to all the 8500 firmware files. Read xlryourmac or MacNN's forums on the 8500 flashing. http://dfalling.dyndns.org:8081/misc.html

I can't really respond to the value of the Apple Cinema Display. It is impressive to see, as is the new 23" display. I don't know how well it works for color reproduction in prepress applications. What I would suggest is from the Apple Store BTO $2,999.00 Dual 1-GHz PowerPC G4 256K L2...

OS 9.2.2 Startup items folder. OS9 automatically launches anything in this folder. Yes. Yes, it was all part of the same package dl'd from the above link. I dl'd the newest drivers from the ATI's web site. I hope this answers your questions.

This is where I got the updater from. http://ati.com/support/drivers/mac/ati-radeon8500-mac-rom-126.html good luck.

I was able to flash a PC Radeon 8500. Here are the steps I used (gleaned from MacNN & xlr8yourmac forums): 1. Bought PC 8500 Radeon card from Newegg.com rated at 275/275 for $109. 2. Booted into OS9.2 3. Installed Firmware RESTORE (from ATI firmware downloaded)into startup folder. 4...

Here are the steps I used (gleaned from MacNN & xlr8yourmac forums): 1. Bought PC 8500 Radeon card from Newegg.com rated at 275/275 for $109. 2. Booted into OS9.2 3. Installed Firmware RESTORE (from ATI firmware downloaded)into startup folder. 4. Shut down. Removed original ATI card...

Yes, I successfully flashed a radeon 8500 from newegg. Had to use the firmware restore before flashing the update, but it works great.:D