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Matt

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I downloaded Firefox for Windows and after the download it put an icon on the desktop labeled "Firefoxsetup-0.9.2. It has that icon that looks like a Window, and when I attempt to open it, it shows a MS-DOS Window with a blinking cursor, no writing, and then the box goes away after about 2 seconds?? Did I do something wrong or is there another way of opening the window?
 
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You're on a mac and you downloaded the windows version? I don't know how that virtual PC stuff goes.. There is a mac version.

or do you also have a PC?


When a program doesn't execute properly, that black screen sometimes appears. I don't know what could have happend. Did the download get interrupted?
I would download the installer again.. this time just open directly from the link on the site.
 
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Matt

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I loaded it on a PC. It's my main machine. It's a Sony Vaio.

My Mac is too slow to handle the intertent and didn't cost a peny. Look at my Mac specs and you will see what i'm talking about :)
 
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Macintosh Performa 5200... isn't there a PDS in there?
 
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Processor Direct Slot... they used to have them in some of the older Mac's
 
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I have no idea :D

Well, i've got my iMac now, i'll try it on that (Mac version ofcourse ;))
 
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Matt... Just a reminder.
Be sure you use the Macintosh version for any software you attempt to install. :D
 
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PowerBook 12" Combo Drive/867 MHz/256 MB RAM/40 GB hard drive/Mac OS X 10.3.5/AirPort Extreme it sux
And make sure its a 68K version...
 
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Absolute Zero said:
And make sure its a 68K version...

huh? and he's running Mac OSX. Yeah Great one Zero!
 
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For his Performa, it's not a PowerPC.
 
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Absolute Zero said:
For his Performa, it's not a PowerPC.

Actually, the Performa 5200 is a PowerPC, it was also called PowerMac 5200, depending where it was bought.
It was the first all-in-one having a PowerPC CPU (PPC 603). I had one too for a while, and it's definitely too slow for anything...

And yes, hype.it, it has a LC PDS-slot, which was a little different than the normal PDS-slot. ;)
 
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Eh, I don't know my old Macs very well. >_<
 
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Absolute Zero said:
Eh, I don't know my old Macs very well. >_<

All Mac specs can be found on www.lowendmac.com starting from the very first one to the dual 2.5GHz G5
 
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Thats an awesome site, I used to have it bookmarked, before I had a few hard drives die on me...
 

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