While it is evident that the M-Audio FW 410 AND the M-Audio FW Audiophile are similar and can share some of the same software, they ARE NOT the same. Many people worked for many years in order to actually provide the solution to “downgrade” the firmware on the M-Audio FW 410 and any further posts concerning the M-Audio FW Audiophile can only possibly confuse and dilute the original topic.

So does this topic need to be locked and thus prevent anyone else from adding to (and possibly confusing) the original topic — or should those wishing to consider matters concerning primarily the M-Audio FW Audiophile… simply use this as a reference point / AND THEN begin another topic related to the M-Audio FW Audiophile specifically? (Same goes for the similar, M-Audio Firewire 1814 units.)

This seems to be the most sensible solution, as this topic has already gone 4 pages - and with 31846 views. Topic: PSA: M-Audio Firewire 410 Firmware Downgrade Success! Now Working in Mac OS 9 is now locked and for reference only.

As the topic stands now, you might find yourself reading through and then wonder… hey, how and when did we shift over to the M-Audio FW Audiophile or the M-Audio Firewire 1814?

Now, start another topic / question elsewhere and you can provide a link back to this topic for reference as may be necessary.

       

Quote from: paulkeeley on June 06, 2025, 06:45:24 AM

A not-so-much-PowerBook, apparently! I guess the firewire ports on the Pismo were designed for external storage more than anything. It was worth a shot though. Very curious to know if it works on your TiBook.

how bout a firewire cardbus?

PowerBook G3 Series: PC Card - Can the PowerBook G3 Series computer use PC cards?https://web.archive.org/web/19991117154325/http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n28512

https://web.archive.org/web/20021005202405/http://www.swann.com.au/products/firewire/cardbus/cardbus.htm#features
https://web.archive.org/web/20070312013337/https://www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/CBFW2.html

I was thinking about this as well, but had no idea if such a thing existed. Will have to see if I can find one - something tells me they may be difficult to find!

Strange. I had that interface and a 500mhz Pismo back in the days and did a lot of songs on Mac OS 9 with it. It surely must be some kind of driver incompatibility going on or such? Are you using ASIO drivers with your DAW?

Interesting. Mine is a 400mhz, but this doesn't feel like a CPU speed issue. I've only tested using the Sound Manager, not ASIO. Will have to do some research to see how to set that up. You've got me thinking now that it may be some extension getting in the way. I'll have to try disabling all non-essential extensions to see if it makes a difference.

Just bought a second one for 20 eur incl shipping

I like them alongside the adb dongles in the plastic boxes early logic came in

To date I have converted an ATI Rage Pro, a Radeon 7500, a GeForce 2 MX and a GeForce 4 MX, but I have yet to convert a Radeon 9000 Pro. All of them have worked, except to say that both Nvidia cards did not display an image until they almost reached the desktop on their first boot, but subsequent boots already display an image from the beginning. These two graphics cards, under OSX although they boot by default with the compatible resolution, offer all resolutions, even if they are not compatible. Under OS9 they offer the compatible resolution and 1920 x 1080. The ATI cards offer all the resolutions supported by the monitor on both systems.

welcome

not a newton, but you need a PowerBook Duo 2300c runs mac os 9

Welcome to Mac OS 9 Lives! The iBook G4 sure is a nice machine. Hope you get it running

Hi,

Greetings from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany!

I have recently bought an iBook G4 that I plan to inflict Mac OS 9 upon.
I've already downloaded and burnt the "OS 9.2.2 for Unsupported Macs" CD.

No other Macs, sorry! But I have an eMate 300 and a MessagePad 2100, though.

I waste my time tinkering with odd old computers, especially PDAs.

Hi folks,

So I have bought an iBook G4 from ebay. It came with OS X 10.5 "Leopard".
I would like it to optionally boot MacOS 9.2.2. I have the install disk from this site and I am able to boot it.

So far, so good. But I didn't install anything yet.

My question:
* Do I need a separate partition for MacOS 9, or can I share a  partition with Mac OS X?
* If I need a dedicated partition for OS 9, what would be the way of least hassle to do so? I have iPartition, but don't know if it can shrink the OS X partiton?

Thanks in advance,

Alexander

All the download info is available on the main site as well as direct download links for Mac OS 9. I'm working on making it more obvious where everything is.

https://macos9lives.com/downloads