I often get such problems - with Youtube and local use after creating .mov files - essentially transcoding in MPEG Streamclip to .mp4 tends to be the only fix after Handbrake fails.
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2022 PowerPC Challenge
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I often get such problems - with Youtube and local use after creating .mov files - essentially transcoding in MPEG Streamclip to .mp4 tends to be the only fix after Handbrake fails.
Nice project you got there going wicknix. ?
So Void Linux is working on PPC? ? Great, didn't know that.
My old G3 Beige had Yellow Dog Linux installed and worked quite well up until the point, when, sadly, the motherboard (logic board) died. That was many years ago. After that, I no longer followed developments in this field.
So Void Linux is working on PPC? ? Great, didn't know that.
My old G3 Beige had Yellow Dog Linux installed and worked quite well up until the point, when, sadly, the motherboard (logic board) died. That was many years ago. After that, I no longer followed developments in this field.
So those who were wanting to do the PPCC 2022, it was extended to the end of the month. 
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I am using a PowerBook G3 Pismo, my dad's old laptop he bought at Easyware, he used it until it completely broke down, the keyboard had a lot of non functional keys, the screen whas horrible, it whas red when i booted it back up after all these years, and the red/pink hue on the screen would not go away, the optical drive whas dead, the hard drive whas on its way out, the door whas missing on the back. But now, i completely revived this machine, it has a working keyboard, the optical drive is also working, the screen got replaced, there is a door on the back again, it has a lot of storage now, it has 1gb of ram in it, and the thing i am most proud of, the battery works amazingly well! I took out all the dead cells and replaced them with brand new ones! Now i can work for hours on this laptop, i enjoy every bit of it! My dad would be proud! Sadly he isn't here anymore to see it. So i am doing a lot of PPC challenge throughout the year, just because i love this Pismo!
Yep. https://voidlinux-ppc.org/
Due note however that they are dropping support for our machines around January 2023 unless a new maintainer steps in to fill the void. (no pun intended)
Cheers
Folks over at the MacYak discord have UT99 and 2004 parties every so often. IIRC Mike hosted the last one and the server itself was put up by one of Jays friends in Florida. Last one at times we had 20+ players blowing eachother to smith-er-rines. It was mega fun. Just like it was 1999 all over again
As far as real-life-bring-home-the-bacon jobs, that can stay the way it needs to be for obvious reasons. I am required to remote in with & use a modern w10-11 work laptop for security and software reasons. No one in their right mind would expect us to try and make our elderly PPC macs do that. We'd all be unemployed in 3-2-1 lol. Nah man it's just about having fun and seeing how these elderly machines still mesh & deliver our needs in 2022.
For me, aside from work, they really do serve up most all of my needs (I'd say 90%) without issue, just a bit slower. If I cared to go down the linux rabbit hole (and am very tempted with Void & Adelie but yanno - time), I probably could get use very close to 100% needs covered.
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I got myself a 17 inch powerbook g4, its a 1.5ghz model, and i have a weird lil story why i got this machine, i have got several machines, all with different problems, i tried to fix em up but they all broke down, it's like eleanor for me! Finally, i got this machine i am using now to type this comment on, and its working just fine now! Only the wifi has poor reception, but i do have a couple of other wifi cards lying around that i can try in this machine to see which one gives me the best reception (deffinetly not this one!). It has a functional battery with a couple of hours runtime in her, she has still 80 percent of her life, which is great for a battery this old! I found this battery at the local recycle center, new in box, shrinkwrapped and everything! I recognized that the box came from apple, so i snatched it out of the bin, and i was stunned that somebody would throw this away! And now, almost 7 years later, this battery still works as a champ, giving me still 3 hours and 30 minutes of runtime! I use my powerbook daily, just to read or to type as i do think that the keyboard used in these aluminum versions of powerbooks, is just the best ever made! I will keep using this machine and hopefully it doesn't break down like the rest of em did
have a great day!It’s honestly very heartwarming to see a relatively obscure (by today‘s standards) computer architecture generate such a loyal cult following that I can say I’m proud to be a part of.
I ordered myself an MPC7447B and have an MPC7448 as well as a CELL BBE and an RSX that I hope to make a Linux laptop out of.
I ordered myself an MPC7447B and have an MPC7448 as well as a CELL BBE and an RSX that I hope to make a Linux laptop out of.
No. I dont have the time, the hosting, or the hardware that would be required to handle it.
Oh wow, I didn't know that NOT using a PPC Mac every day was a thing! I have several, and at least one - a 17-inch G4 PowerBook, gets used every day. Usually over several hours. It's so much more useful that my Win 10 box which needs more attention than there is time left to actually use it.
Yanno the part of this years PowerPC challenge that has been a struggle for me is finding a screen capture software for powermac G4s. I would love to make some screen cap PPC challenge vids on my Leopard g4s but can't find a software for it that doesn't plaster a huge fugly watermark over the top. I do use a legit version of Screenflow 2.0.2 on my G5s which is my preference but 1.5.4 and earlier is needed for g4s and I only have trial versions of that with the water mark. I experimented with VLC v2 for PPC32 but that was ultra buggy and would crash (although I was able to produce a picture w/o sound but wasnt really usable).
Went as far as to email the SF folks but as I expected, did not hear back. I mean v1.5.4 is super ancient and hasn't been supported for 15+ years. I did make a few vids of my G5s with ScreenFlow but really want to get the g4 vids made to show the g4/g5 difference between in operation which is significant especially with later iterations of G5 like a1117s for example vs say a dual cpu Quicksilver.
Anyone have any ideas on a screen capture apps for OSX? I really am trying to avoid having to use iphone/imovie footage. I vastly prefer the look and era correct format of something like ScreenFlow+isight - great app that dovetails perfectly into PPCC but I cant figure out a solution for 1.5.4. So frustrating.
What stops you from getting a cracked 1.5.4 on torrents? Especially given that you tried to reach to the developer and they cared not to reply.
Ancient software is not in high demand even on torrents, so you're often between a rock (unresponsive devs) and a hard place (lack of torrents) which leads you nowhere.
If it is still relevant, I can check if I happen to have it.
I'd be jealous if not for the project out in Italy doing the same thing with a T2080! Hope you enjoy that laptop. Especially handmade, that takes some work.
When you include POWER9, I'd say that POWER ISA and the community around it is healthier now than it's been since 2005, which is really cool as someone who just likes the architecture, though it'd be even cooler if it was properly big-endian still.
When you include POWER9, I'd say that POWER ISA and the community around it is healthier now than it's been since 2005, which is really cool as someone who just likes the architecture, though it'd be even cooler if it was properly big-endian still.
Yeah man. This is why I stick around - the cult is fun and the coolaid refreshing.
That and I love being able to own the macs I could never have hoped to afford when they were new and is my favorite era of mac innovation and design. I mean use & functionality aside, I can just stare at them. 
2022 Apple device displays do not do that to me.
How many of you on this forum really lived through the PowerPC era ? I believe It was a fun time. I was never interested in the G3, though around the time I got into Macs was in late to early 2000.
I was born in the latter half of the era, and my family was never really able to afford any fancy Powerbooks or anything like that.
I’d get myself a T2080 too if it weren’t for NXP’s Power stuff being so damn expensive. Plus I’m not sure how it would fare with modern PCIe 4.0 GPUs.
I did - I bought an iMac G4, Powerbook G4 and iMac G5 when they were new products....and lived through the times of poor software and peripheral support!
I did! ...granted, I was a newborn when the Quicksiilver was launched, but for those first five years and the transition period after, I was alive then! I remember being 7 and wanting a then ten year old Bondi iMac. And then being 14 and seeing a Blue and White G3 at a thrift store and regretfully not asking for it... though we're already in 2015 so the anecdote is no longer relevant.
I was already in IT support and systems management by then at a large university, and had been a Mac user since 1986 or 7.
I got to unpack and set up all the new Macs at that point, including the first B&W G3. Got my first G4 just after they were first released at the end of 99 - retired it finally in 2016.
My first Mac was a PowerMac G4, around 2003. I think MDD, but single processor one. Then I replaced it with iMac G5, which I used for quite some time. Next was a MacPro.
There was an active Mac community back then, with regular meet-ups. We had a private FTP with goodies, people used Hotline, you could ask members to help with something and people would actually do it (not just online, but meet you in person). Apple dealer offered zero-interest buy-on-loan for Apple computers. Pretty much all gone. Several folks whom I knew personally in Moscow are no more alive even.
I did have the oportunity, to use Macs here and there since 1995. In the middle school in the graphic class there were two Centris and one Quadra Macs. The later had a PowerPC CPU, but don't remember what.
Later in the graphic departement of the university, where I graduted (1999-2004), there were some G3s (Blue and White) and two graphite G4 towers from first generation.
My first Mac was a PowerPC G4 Digital Audio 466 MHz in 2005, but I had a chance to use it only for about 3 months. Sadly, the logic board died and I was unable to buy a replacement, because of financial reasons. Only years later, I've got my hand on a used Mac mini with Intel Core 2...
To be honest, PCs here were much cheaper and more affordable.