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[jobbo]

Hey People

Pretty new to the forum but have been messing with macs for a while - just got like 10 pro tools hd pci/pcix/pcie cards and am finally ready to find a compatible copy
If anyone has for sale or swaps I'm dead keen

I have for potential swaps

G4 cube which I'd quite like to keep but is quite useless to me really
G3 mini tower which is great
Apple extended or design keyboards
Lacie cd drive
Iomega zip drive
Yamaha cdrw scsi drive
Too many synthesizers interfaces midi tools and guitars to list
Or money of course

Thanks

[Knezzen]

I should have Pro Tools 5.3 somewhere which is the HD compatible version for Mac OS 9.2.2.
I’ll look around

EDIT:
Looks like I uploaded it years ago already. Enjoy!
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/pro-tools-tdm-531

[jobbo]

Oh, does this not require authentication?
I'll boot up the mac now and have a go
Thanks pal

[smilesdavis]

Im pretty sure you need an ilok

[Knezzen]

I don’t think you do. I have no HD cards, but it installed and started fine on my MDD. Just complained about missing HD cards.

[Protools5LEGuy]

I don’t think you do. I have no HD cards, but it installed and started fine on my MDD. Just complained about missing HD cards.

You mean we can use Protools 5.3.x with MIX cards?

[ssp3]

You mean we can use Protools 5.3.x with MIX cards?

I don't think so. 5.1.3 was the last version, IIRC.

http://web.archive.org/web/20070629021016/http://archive.digidesign.com/compato/

Also, IIRC, authorization was by serial number, not iLok.

[Knezzen]

You mean we can use Protools 5.3.x with MIX cards?

No, it doesn’t work with the MIX cards, but it installs and starts. You can’t get any sound out of it though.

[jobbo]

Turns ouut my HD Cards dont actually fit in any of the macs i have Doh!
I was aiming for the beige g3 but the slots are too small
i suppose i need a g4 , would they be pci-x?
sorry full noob here
this software seems like itll work nicely though thanks   

[Knezzen]

Can you upload a picture of one of your HD cards?

[jobbo]

hopefully this works
its not the best reference pic but this is the same

[smilesdavis]

G3? Thats 24 and Mix card era

And a nice blueberry 21“ to go along with it like the one i got today

[DrNo7]

Turns ouut my HD Cards dont actually fit in any of the macs i have Doh!
I was aiming for the beige g3 but the slots are too small
i suppose i need a g4 , would they be pci-x?
sorry full noob here
this software seems like itll work nicely though thanks

If your card is PCI-X (not regular PCI or PCI-Express) it is unfortunate as the only Macs with such ports are PowerMac G5 (you can confirm it with tools like MacTracker or sites like applehistory.com).

Before the G5 it was PCI ports (and AGP for GPUs) and before that the happy world of Nubus 😛

[robespierre]

PCI-X physically looks exactly the same as 3.3V 64-bit PCI and is generally compatible with all types of PCI, falling back to lower signaling speeds.
What doesn't always work is installing 64-bit cards in 32-bit slots. The PowerMac G3 and Yikes G4 only have 32-bit slots. Sawtooth and later have 64-bit slots.

[Knezzen]

Yeah, they are 64bit PCI slots, so a Sawtooth and up is needed as robespierre mentions.

[jobbo]

So a mirror door model would be a good choice perhaps?

thannks for all the help legends

[Knezzen]

So a mirror door model would be a good choice perhaps?

Yeah, sure!

[Syn-Fi]

are you after a MDD G4, Uk?

[jobbo]

I actually have one now running nicely,

the only parts i would like now are

the 1.42ghz processor or some other upgrade from 1.25ghz just because i can
and a vst to rtas wrapper for using those sweet vsts in pro tools

thanks for all your help tho dudes

[smilesdavis]

which vsts are you after specifically to put up with all this hassle