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adacosta<a href="https://mastodon.social/@marioguzman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@marioguzman</a> What I’ve come to realize in the early years of <a href="https://twit.social/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a> OS X releases, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#apple</a> seemed to had arrive at a point where UI was refined enough and yes, there was minor tweaks between Panther and Tiger, but not jarring to the point you felt reluctance to upgrade. What I love about 10.2 to 10.5 era, it was all about quality of life improvements. Not aesthetics: Expose, Hot Corners, Spotlight, Quicklook, Stacks, Cover Flow, Time Machine, Bonjour etc.

Amin GirasolNice <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PowerMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/G4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#G4</a> for sale for a decent price on adverts.ie.<a href="https://touch.adverts.ie/other-apple-products/old-apple-computer/37531676" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://touch.adverts.ie/other-apple-products/old-apple-computer/37531676</a><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Mac_G4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Mac_G4</a><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/mastodaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastodaoine</a>

blami<a href="https://mastodon.social/@256" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@256</a> Here it is! Still going strong. My computer of choice to play SimCity and SimTower. Also syncing my PalmOS devices on it. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/powerpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#powerpc</a>

Games That I MissedI'm currently installing OS X 10.4 on the Sawtooth Mac, using CDs.And the computer just rebooted as I was typing this -- heard the tone and turned around to see the screen had gone black, then restarted. I really hope that was supposed to happen.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macintosh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a>

BernieUpgrading <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/UBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UBoot</a> on my 16-year old <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Amiga</a>...<a href="https://www.acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=news&id=164" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=news&id=164</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/sam440" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sam440</a>

Games That I MissedA week ago (<a href="https://mastodon.social/@GamesMissed/114530343518610810" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@GamesMissed/114530343518610810</a>), I failed to resist the temptation to bring home a lovely Power Macintosh G4 tower. Today, with the rains over and some quiet time, I finally took it back out of its box to give the insides a better inspection and blow out the dust bunnies.(My brain is rebelling against tagging this with "Retrocomputing." The G3 desktop from my relative didn't have that effect, but this absolutely does. Interesting.)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macintosh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a>

Harry SintonenFrank Mariak got our operating system <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MorphOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MorphOS</a> running on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Mirari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mirari</a> T1042 board in no time. My home is so full of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a> gear already I doubt I'll get one of these boards.

Games That I MissedIn what is practically blinding speed for me, I have already started poking at the Power Macintosh G3 desktop that was delivered by relatives over Mother's Day weekend (<a href="https://mastodon.social/@GamesMissed/114492147791660882" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@GamesMissed/114492147791660882</a>).It's this lovely example of beige right here. Note the correct Apple case badge in the upper right corner of the front bezel (even my kids, who were born well into this century, feel strongly about this).<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a>

Games That I MissedRelatives who showed up today delivered unannounced devices!This <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PowerMacintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerMacintosh</a> G3 desktop looks, from the outside, to be in good shape. It even came with a keyboard and two mice, and the "getting started" box. No idea where the optical drive went, though.Update: there's a DVD drive! It's just pitch black and recessed far back into the case.I'm not going to even connect a power lead until I open it up and check the motherboard. Fingers crossed.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macintosh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a>

mmu_manFor those with a G4 Cube, you can now light it up from the bottom with this little base, on an idea by <a href="https://mastodon.social/@xodium" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@xodium</a> :<a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6964919" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6964919</a><a href="https://github.com/mmuman/cad-retro-parts/blob/main/Apple/Macintosh/G4cube_base.scad" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://github.com/mmuman/cad-retro-parts/blob/main/Apple/Macintosh/G4cube_base.scad</a>Some real photos here: <a href="https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/project-satanicube-or-xodiums-g4-cube-build.4206/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/project-satanicube-or-xodiums-g4-cube-build.4206/</a><a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/Marchintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marchintosh</a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/G4Cube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#G4Cube</a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macintosh</a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3DPrinting</a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/OpenSCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSCAD</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦So this morning, I was laying in bed and doomscrolling, when I got a Facebook Marketplace notification that someone in the next town over was selling a Power Mac 6500/275, with a bunch of peripherals, for an _unbelievably_ low price.90 minutes later I was loading it into my car. 😅 It's a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MARCHintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MARCHintosh</a> miracle!Anyway, presenting the newest member of my Tower of Power: - Power Mac 6500/275 - 128 MB RAM - 60GB internal IDE hard drive (might be dead) - 4GB external SCSI hard drive, working (the smaller one in the pic) - ?GB external SCSI hard drive, condition unknown (the gigantic one in the pic) - internal ZIP drive - includes a 10/100 ethernet PCI card - includes a USB PCI card (probably USB 1.x) - includes a modem (lol) - includes an Acer AL1716 monitorIt does have some quirks: 1. I'm not sure what the condition of the internal IDE hard drive is. Apple System Profiler recognizes that there is one installed, but doesn't recognize any volumes, and I can't hear it spin up. Not sure if it's dead or just needs to be formatted. Also the serial number is showing up in ASP as garbage characters?2. I can't connect the second external SCSI drive because I need to connect the first one to boot right now. Later on I'll see if I can find a bootable CD to get around that.3. It came with two VGA cables and two VGA-DB15 adapters. One of them didn't work with the monitor at all. The other one worked but the screen would flicker on and off every couple of seconds. So I hooked it up to my TV instead (which has a VGA port). The adapter that "worked" with the monitor didn't work with the TV, but the one that didn't work with the monitor worked fine with the TV. The screen flickered a couple times on the TV, but otherwise worked.4. One of the plastic tabs on the back used to slide out the logic board was broken off. I was able to get the board out to inspect it using a flat head screwdriver but it was annoying.5. The case needs a real good cleaning.6. ASP says that there's no modem installed... but there's definitely a modem installed in the machine. I'm guessing it's just missing a driver or something? The OS install doesn't look complete.7. Battery is dead and needs replacing. It's a Rayovac 840 so not as simple as swapping one of my MeowToast CR2032 adapters in. Hmm.Anyway, I guess I have a second project for Marchintosh now. 😂<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicMac</a>

XtoFI wrote an extensive article about the Mac Mini G4 as a retro-gaming machine.For me it is near perfect as it is able to run almost anything from the late 80s up to early 2000s. And it has a very reduced footprint and can be easily plugged into modern display 🙂 This article also expose some technical aspects such as the way PowerPC Mac OS machines could ran 680x0 software and delves into the history of PowerPC until the G4.<a href="https://www.xtof.info/MacMiniG4-the-best-classic-macintosh-for-retrogaming.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.xtof.info/MacMiniG4-the-best-classic-macintosh-for-retrogaming.html</a><a href="https://shelter.moe/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://shelter.moe/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://shelter.moe/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#apple</a> <a href="https://shelter.moe/tags/mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mac</a> <a href="https://shelter.moe/tags/powerpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#powerpc</a>

Preston Maness ☭Re-intro post I guess. Moved from <a href="https://octodon.social/@aspensmonster" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@aspensmonster@octodon.social</a> to <a href="https://tenforward.social/@aspensmonster" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@aspensmonster</a>. Also used to be @aspensmonster@mastodon.technology way back when."To help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same.”Geography: <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/atx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#atx</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/tx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tx</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#austin</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#texas</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/AustinTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AustinTX</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/FortWorth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FortWorth</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/dfw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dfw</a>Tech: <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GrapheneOS</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#firefox</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#debian</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sysadmin</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/RockyLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RockyLinux</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/AlmaLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlmaLinux</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/osm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#osm</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenStreetMap</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/RISCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RISCV</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/OpenPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenPower</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/PPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PPC</a>Politics: <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialism</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#communism</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/marxism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#marxism</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/MarxismLeninism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarxismLeninism</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cyberpunk</a> Games: <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/haloinfinite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#haloinfinite</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/celeste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#celeste</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/StardewValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StardewValley</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Nintendo64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nintendo64</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/n64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#n64</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/DeusEx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeusEx</a> <a 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rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheMatrix</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/BladeRunner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BladeRunner</a>

ScarlettPPC<a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> Hey, I'm Scarlett. I'm a transfem living in Bulgaria. I'm interested in everything related to computers. I really like vintage machines (mostly PowerPC) and collect them. I also draw and love taking pictures.<a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#apple</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mac</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/powerpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#powerpc</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦This is my rough roadmap for <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macstodon</a>: (no guarantees on ANY of it though, depends on how long I keep interest without burning out or getting bored, and what's technically possible with MacPython)Note: development is very slow at the moment because I am doing a lot of coding at my day job and don't want to also do it in my free time.1.3 - figure out a workaround for logging into mastodon 4.31.4 - text-to-speech for alt text in images/attachments - support for voting in polls, MAYBE for creating them - MAYBE post attachments?2.0 - look into porting the whole thing from MacPython to REALBasic or FutureBasic? - MAYBE multiple account support? - MAYBE bluesky support?<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroProgramming</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68K</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicMac</a>

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