Hi --

I recently purchased a Macintosh G3 Powerbook with an XLR8 MACh Speed Control upgrade card running at 466 Mhz with 192 MB RAM. I've had nothing but headaches trying to install RayDream Studio 5.5 on it. It ran quite well on my last machine, a Power Mac 7100/80 with a Sonnet G3 upgrade card running at 240 Mhz with 136 MB RAM. When I tried to install RDS on my Powerbook the first time, it actually installed successfully -- but when I tried to launch the application, it would stall on "Loading Modules." So I deleted the program and all its files, and attempted to re-install it. THIS time, the installer kept crashing on startup ("error 12"). I tried restarting and runnung the installer again -- this time it brought the WHOLE MACHINE crashing down. I had to restart several times and fiddle with the Extensions Manager for about 40 minutes before it would boot up and run again.

I tried contacting someone, who informed me that RayDream Studio is a "dead product."

Is ANYBODY out there still using RDS, and could give me some idea of why it seems to hate my Powerbook?

Kayma

Get the "Fix" for OS 9 here:http://raystew.virtualave.net/downloads/os9fix.html Make sure to update before trying to launch the application. There is a problem in that a couple of the RDS extensions need to be locked, I don't remember which ones. By the way, nice machine. I have a G3 Pismo & love it. Not sure about the install problem itself, make sure to trash any vestige of the previous pieces & perhaps rebuild your desktop file before re-installing?

Another option if you can't get the installer to work: If you still have your old machine then re-install a fresh copy of RDS to the old (really old, but still nice!) 7100. Then get an Ethernet Crossover cable to connect the two machines together via the 10/100 base T. Start File Sharing, open the Chooser to connect the machines & copy the RDS app to the Powerbook. Then run the "Fix" updater.

Thanks, I'll give it a try. Nice to talk with a fellow Mac user -- seems we're awfully rare and alone out here in PC-land...;)

Oh, yes...one more question. Is "ConixOpenGL" a RayDream Studio file? I was going through my System folder to see if any remnants of the first RDS installation was still sneaking around in there...I ran across the "OpenGL" in the Extensions Folder. So far, I have been unable to get any information about it beyond the fact that its a collection of "rendering" and 3d display engines. Since I also run Poser, Bryce, Meshworks and a 3d flight sim (Bullseye "Flying Circus"), it could belong to any of those.

There are a couple MacUsers who frequent the site from time to time. Note that there is also a Macintosh forum for general "stuff" about the Mac platform. Don't know for sure but looking at the download numbers for PC Only VS Mac Only versions of the same file it appears that about 1/3 are Mac downloads. Not sure if that's "scientific" but is interesting. As for OpenGL well, it's an "Open" source code. That means that are are several "versions" of it. I'd download the latest from Apple & trash the others (or store them on your desktop in a seperate folder until you know you don't need them).