[DewD]

From the Stone Age, an urgent query : I would like to burn DVD's on my Beige G3's running OS-9.1 with aftermarket FireWire/USB cards....gots lots of gigs of stuff to archive , but still a ways away from going to OS-X.

I'm getting conflicting reports on being able to create a DVD on OS-9 at all. I'm hoping DragonBurn 1.0 or something will handle the software end of it, but it seems the OS 9.1 system is lacking some essential Extensions or something. Before I rush out to buy a DVD-CD combo drive or external DVD/CD machine, can someone out there give me the real stuff on this ?

I currently burn CD's on an external LaCie FireWire unit , using Toast 5.2 How can I get DVD capability on old OS-9 ?

-dewd

[Salty]

The solution to your problem.

A Mac mini

Connect the a 6pin to 6pin firewire cable, do IP over Firewire, and drag everything over to the new Mini. For what you're planning on spending on an after market DVD burner, software to do the burning, and all that, you might as well thrown in a bit more and get yourself a machine that's a whole heck of a lot faster than your current one.

[Eriamjh]

Do you want to burn data DVDs or video DVDs? If video DVDs, are you editing/creating the content on the G3?

Either way, I think you are SOL.

I couldn't find anything, but DVD playing is OS9.

http://www.macworld.com/forums/ubbth...o=&fpart=1

http://www.lowendmac.com/misc/04/0712.html#3

Try Dragon Burn. http://www.ntius.com/default.asp?p=d...&ver=trial

Personally, I think you are screwed. OS9 was last updated in 2000 and DVD burners were not common yet. It wasn't until 2001 that the superdrive was used. You are likely going to be forced to upgrade your hardware or install OSX on your Beige G3 using XPostFacto and then buy Toast or use a later version of OSX (at least Jaguar).

There are lots of problems trying to do what you want to do. And there is no guarantee that it'll even work after you get OSX installed.

A Mac mini is looking like the best solution to me and it is guaranteed* to work.

Good luck!

* - Not a guarantee

[OreoCookie]

I don't think you'll be able to make it work. Maybe, just maybe with a veeery slow original Superdrive, but I don't think it'll be too easy to find one cheap.

Just the costs of the upgrades would be well-invested in a new machine. DVD drive + enclosure + FireWire card + software.

[Captain Obvious]

Is that the only Mac you own?
If it is then yeah, it is time to look to a newer computer rather than spending money on upgrading that one.
If it is not (or once you get a new computer) just stick the hard drive into an external enclosure and then back it up on that new machine.


I still use Toast 5.2.3 to burn DVDs but I am running it in 10.3 not a classic OS

[tooki]

Toast 5 will burn data DVDs just fine on OS 9. (Just not dual-layer discs, it can't do that.)

You can't burn video DVDs on a machine that old.

tooki