Converting Miro DC20 Mjpg files to something usable

I have some old quicktime files from back in 1996. They were created on a Power Computing Mac using a MiroMotion DC20 board. Quicktime can play them but I just get the audio, no video. Has anyone had any luck converting these files to something that can be played. They are of my kids when they were really young and I don't want to loose them. I am on a 1.67 G4 running 10.5. I have found a couple converters that I thought might work but they were intel based so no go for me. Any help would sure be appreciated!

you can try to install squared5's driver for DC30.
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/dc30-xact-mac.html
If it works, you can export to more current codecs via QuickTime Pro
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