Odds & Ends
Odds & Ends
QuickTime QD3D oddity: a follow-up Regarding the "funny" description of the QuickTime QD3D file in Conflict Catcher (as noted last time), Miguel Chavez replies: "This is a reference to the fact that QuickDraw 3D is on it's way out since Apple embraced OpenGL. If you were a system component that was being shown the door, but then at the last minute pulled back in for one last service tour, wouldn't you be confused too? Those blue donuts refer to the new blue Q QuickTime logo." Jim O'Hearn adds that the file "allows you to play QuickDraw 3D file format 3DMF within QuickTime on Power Macs only." The file should be installed in the QuickTime Extensions folder.
VillageTronic replies on QuickTime conflict report Regarding the Explorer, QuickTime and VT QT Accelerator conflict (mentioned here last week), Michael Erb received the following brief reply from VillageTronic Customer Support: "Seems that an 'old' driver revision was posted. We'll have a update soon."
Update: VillageTronic just released v1.2.3 of the VT QuickTime Accelerator, which fixes this glitch. The support page also has links to some useful FAQs.
Mac OS 8.6 on 680x0 upgraded Macs Apple states: "Mac OS 8.6 can be installed on any Macintosh that originally shipped with a PowerPC processor and that has at least 24 megabytes of physical RAM (virtual memory will be set to 64 by default if there is less than 64 megabytes of physical RAM installed)." Although this appears to rule out running 8.6 on a 680x0 Mac upgraded with a PPC processor, several readers (most recently Jeff Strong) have reported success in doing so.
Intech is back; Hard Disk SpeedTools 2.2 listed Last time, we reported that the Intech web site was MIA. It is now back. (Thanks, Glenn Boley.) And just in time: Hard Disk SpeedTools 2.2 is now out.
Mactell FireWire Mactell is now shipping FireWire drives as large as 25GB. They have also dropped their prices with their 8.4 GB drive now selling for $349.99.