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Storage / Re: Adaptec PowerDomain 2940UW files are no longer available :(
« Last post by mickeyratt on May 07, 2024, 05:40:27 AM »
There you go.
Bear in mind that you will need a larger EEPROM for the Mac firmware. 512k vs. 1MB IIRC.
Been there, re-flashed well over 10 cards back in the day  :)

Thank You SSP3!!!

Thanks for the information as well, yes, I found information on this page:
https://web.archive.org/web/19991018203809/http://www.xlr8yourmac.com:80/tips/adaptecConvert.html

They also mentioned there some kind of modified firmware version that fits into the 512k EEPROM after the unused areas were removed, although I guess they had to adjust the addressing instructions, which is not an easy job :)

Also mentioned was the Power Domain Control Panel, which is also no longer available. If you have that available, could you share it with me?
Thank you very much!!
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Storage / Re: Adaptec PowerDomain 2940UW files are no longer available :(
« Last post by ssp3 on May 07, 2024, 05:06:27 AM »
There you go.
Bear in mind that you will need a larger EEPROM for the Mac firmware. 512b vs. 1Mb IIRC.
Been there, re-flashed well over 10 cards back in the day  :)
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Storage / Adaptec PowerDomain 2940UW files are no longer available :(
« Last post by mickeyratt on May 07, 2024, 03:26:32 AM »
Dear Friends

I would like to convert a PC firmware ADAPTEC AHA-2940/UW card to run under os9, but unfortunately the firmware update and powerdomain files are no longer available.
Does anyone have them saved?
Any of the following would be good:

17 Dec 1999    PowerDomain 2940UW firmware, version 4.1 - Binhex    2940UW Flash Utility 4.1 for the PowerDomain 2940UW in BinHex format
17 Dec 1999    PowerDomain 2940UW firmware, version 4.1 - MacBinary    2940UW Flash Utility 4.1 for the PowerDomain 2940UW in MacBinary format

Thank you in advance!
Best wishes: Csabi
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Storage / Just cannot get the optical drive to work on my G4 Mac Mini 1.5Ghz.
« Last post by fergycool on May 07, 2024, 02:03:00 AM »
I've got a G4 Mac Mini 1.5Ghz. I have never been able to boot from the CD or indeed access a disk in it. - The only way I can eject a disk is to boot to Open Firmware and eject it there.
System Profiler always shows the disk but always without any media loaded.

At first I assumed it was because the only disks I had were 700Mb. But after sourcing some 650Mb ones they did not work either. I always get the error that the disk is not initialised.

I gave up with the optical drive at that point and eventually I got Mac OS9 installed by imaging (using iBored) the v9 install image to the internal original disk (attached) when booted from an external USB drive running OS X. Then booting from that and installing to a new IDE adaptor/mSATA disk that was temporarily connected using an USB<>IDE adaptor. Once the mSATA was installed as the internal drive this boots fine.

However, I still wanted to get the optical drive working so I replaced the original optical drive with a Panasonic UJ-875. Unfortunately as luck would have it this does not work either!

I got into thinking that it's a Master/Slave/CL thing, so messed with a tiny jumper on the IDE adaptor. But after booting in all combinations I realise that it's likely not that as the original disk had the same problem.

So before I give up ever wanting to use an optical drive in this Mac Mini is there something simple I may have done? Perhaps I've damaged the riser board that the internal and optical drive attach to?

Thanks!
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News, Information & Feedback / Re: We're hiring (and have some ideas)!
« Last post by Knezzen on May 07, 2024, 12:07:07 AM »
Well, I wanted to get enlightened about especially this conflicting facts:

running on a Linux or OSX machine
vs.
There is nothing (…) that requires me to have any other system, not even the TLS issue

They are two solutions. Jubadub is talking about using Cameron Kaisers Crypto Ancienne library with it's built in HTTPS to HTTP proxy application carl on MachTen on Mac OS 9.2.2 instead of running it on a separate Linux or Unix machine. I'm talking about STunnel for "bridging" TLS/SSL mail servers to email clients with no TLS/SSL support (like anything other than the Classilla email client on Mac OS 9). I have never tried to build STunnel on MachTen, so I don't know if it will run in that environment.

So not conflicting, but two separate things ;)
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Software / Re: Archiving the (family) photos on OS 9
« Last post by robespierre on May 06, 2024, 06:03:17 PM »
Olympus Camedia Master is required to connect to old Olympus digital cameras, when you do not have any card reader compatible with the card format. The old cameras, like the C-2020Z, used serial ports to connect to the host to download pictures, which meant a proprietary application was required to talk to them. Otherwise there is certainly no reason to use this slow and buggy software.

Graphic Converter from lemkesoft has a picture browser and can be used to sort or file pictures. Since it's also a full image editing program, you can make batch conversion scripts and apply them to images you select in the browser.
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News, Information & Feedback / Re: We're hiring (and have some ideas)!
« Last post by Greystash on May 06, 2024, 03:36:18 PM »
Well, I wanted to get enlightened about especially this conflicting facts:

running on a Linux or OSX machine
vs.
There is nothing (…) that requires me to have any other system, not even the TLS issue

 ;)

Mat I have done this before using SMTP2Go which works nicely, and was relatively easy to set up. It just requires you to purchase a domain name
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News, Information & Feedback / Re: We're hiring (and have some ideas)!
« Last post by smilesdavis on May 06, 2024, 01:08:37 PM »
Quote
what a phantom discussion. :)

exactly!

(continues clean his newly acquired SE  -afro-)
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News, Information & Feedback / Re: We're hiring (and have some ideas)!
« Last post by Mat on May 06, 2024, 12:48:57 PM »
Well, I wanted to get enlightened about especially this conflicting facts:

running on a Linux or OSX machine
vs.
There is nothing (…) that requires me to have any other system, not even the TLS issue

;)
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News, Information & Feedback / Re: We're hiring (and have some ideas)!
« Last post by IIO on May 06, 2024, 12:41:29 PM »

Some disagree, but in my case, I don't just disagree: I think the opposite is true.


what a phantom discussion. :)

he might be right about the majority of humans and their current practice, and even about the majority of random visitors and what they do, and obviously about his own approach.

but what counts here is what the active members do - and many in this group use at least one OS9 workstation for whatever professional / ambitious task.

those who do the work decide what and how it is done - old, unavoidable rule in any group i know, from political parties and companies to lose online groups.
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