" Hi Mike,
Saw the note on your news page, and I thought I'd try to fill in any blanks.
Like the release note says... These are unsupported beta's.
I think the ATI web site should have these today as well. I believ that there is also a build coming which will not require the newer OpenGL.

The drivers posted represent a beta of our most recent version. They have not had extensive QA done on them, but provide a bug fix for an issue that was holding back the WarBirds release, and are believed to be relatively stable.

The other release (coming today I believe) will not require the newest OpenGL, but represents the WarBirds fix being applied to a version that is several months old (which will not perform at the same level as the newer release). The older release has been thoroughly tested, but not with the new fix added in.
Hope this helps,
(ATI guy's name withheld) "

A complete list of the ATI extension versions is noted in this forum thread here from a reader.

Related Links:

• Warbirds III:
  ftp://lists.ient.com/pub/WarBirds/WBIII/wbmfull08.01.01.sit
• ATi Drivers:
  ftp://lists.ient.com/pub/WarBirds/WBIII/ATI_July_beta.sit [revised]

As of 11:30 AM EST, the ATI Radeon drivers page did not list anything later than the previous 1.1.1 driver release. (As of 8:30 PM EST still no update there.)

" Mike,
I have played Warbirds for over three years now and there isn't a flying sim that can match it on the Mac. As previous comments have alluded to, the warbird team have been very good as helping address problems as the programme has developed.

The latest version issued yesterday (01.August.01) is getting better all the time and it is still only a beta. I'm running a 9600/200 with xlr8 G3/400 ZIF card (faultless, really excellent products) with 288Mb and ATI Radeon. Frame rate is 15-20 which is not fantastic but hey, once you're on-line in a squadron chatting away on a mission..well.. real escapism. In addition, the support from the network of trainers and organised scenarios is what makes it unique.

No the product won't come in some fancy plastic packaging, you won't see unattainable screen shots advertised in the comics, but you will get a great set of people and atmosphere on-line.
And thanks for a great site, Paul "

If you missed the news last night, they're offering free on-line play for the month of August. The notes on the new version is here and direct download links to the 080101 version (and ATI driver udpates) are in the above news item.

" Mike-
All of our ExpressPCI SCSI adapters are compatible with Mac OS X. The driver is part of the OS X distribution CD-ROM. If you already have Mac OS X loaded on your computer, simply install your ATTO host adapter and it should recognize it immediately.

If you have additional questions, feel free to e-mail me directly and I can set you up with our technical support folks.
Best Regards,
-Peter J. Donnelly
Product Manager, Host Adapters
ATTO Technology, Inc. "

ATTO's Ultra3 cards have been noted to perform very well based on some past owner comments before OS X was released. (Some say their Ultra3 card is faster than the Adaptec Ultra160 cards.)

" Since Apple's Newton PDA continues to maintain a sizeable core following of dedicated Mac users, I thought this would be of interest to your readers: PalmOnMac.com has posted a step-by-step tutorial detailing how to sync a Newton with Palm Desktop at http://www.palmonmac.com/article.php?sid=33.
The information presented in the tutorial allows Newton users to take advantage of the freely downloadable Palm Desktop PIM application, as well as maintain a consistent set of data between their Mac, Palm handheld, and Newton. Thanks!
Scott "

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