Is anyone here solely on powerpc?

[G4Droid]

It's nice to install Win2000pro in a virtual machine on the iBookG4 with VirtualPC7. Plus Office2000, PalmDesktop, HanDBase, Docs2Go and SmartList2Go. And your Palms are back in game again.
With a separate Windows-users for each single Palm you may even run every Palm-device with the same Hotsync-user-name. Connection and Sync is completely locally without any cloud. That's my backup-solution beyond Cloud and Web.

Awesome, I bet it is, it would be nice for me too if I still had them.

My main problem with my G4 is browsing the web though I use the latest version of TenFourFox but it gets sluggish with just a few tabs open. right at this moment I'm testing a new browser I just found for PPC that is still being actively developed called Roccat I can't figure out how to open a new tab on it but maybe having tabs is the real problem as this browser runs fast so far.

I have yet to test it much like haven't tried steaming videos or anything yet.

http://runecats.com/roccat-browser-for-mac/

it worked great until I tried to get it to add a link, preview, or post reply. you have to scroll way down the page to find the download link that is if you want to try it. so far seems like it is only good for surfing.

 

[bobesch]

Awesome, I bet it is, it would be nice for me too if I still had them.

My main problem with my G4 is browsing the web though I use the latest version of TenFourFox but it gets sluggish with just a few tabs open. right at this moment I'm testing a new browser I just found for PPC that is still being actively developed called Roccat I can't figure out how to open a new tab on it but maybe having tabs is the real problem as this browser runs fast so far.

I have yet to test it much like haven't tried steaming videos or anything yet.

http://runecats.com/roccat-browser-for-mac/

it worked great until I tried to get it to add a link, preview, or post reply. you have to scroll way down the page to find the download link that is if you want to try it. so far seems like it is only good for surfing.

With "Webkit for Leopard", "ClickToPlugin" (for 380p video HTML5 plus download option) and "CorePlayer" browsing and YT-video is really ok.
Then "TenFourFoxBox" lets you open just one single window with a specific website likewise an App (I use it for latest GoogleMaps).
You'll find all info's down in this forum - that's the place where I learned the best tricks.
Cheers and Merry Xmas!

 

[G4Droid]

okay. thank you, and a Merry Christmas to you too.

I had just downloaded the "Webkit for Leopard" early today and was still trying to wrap my head around what it was for.. I'll look into getting it to work.

To all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year..

 

[Altemose]

@G4Droid I actually wrote a guide on the ClickToFlash and ClickToPlugin software for Leopard WebKit which will get videos working great! Check it out in this forum...

Merry Christmas!

 

[bobesch]

I had just downloaded the "Webkit for Leopard" early today and was still trying to wrap my head around what it was for.. I'll look into getting it to work.

webkit is just a new engine which work under the hood of the chassis of old Safari. You should run the scripts to update certificates, place the "Safari with golden ring" in the program-folder and also taskbar and change the default browser within Safari/Settings to webkit.
Then download "ClickToPlugin" https://hoyois.github.io/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/ , add it to the Safari-extensions (accessible after installation via Safari/settings) and choose 380p as your standard video-size. Voila.
It's better do download thd video and view with CorePlayer. Look for download & key within the CorePlayer-dead-thread (pages 6/7 AFAIK)

 

[Lil Chillbil]

Had a scare today while testing 3 monitors with my MDD when it wouldn't turn on, reset PMU and new PRAM battery and all is well for the ppc challenge.

 

[G4Droid]

webkit is just a new engine which work under the hood of the chassis of old Safari. You should run the scripts to update certificates, place the "Safari with golden ring" in the program-folder and also taskbar and change the default browser within Safari/Settings to webkit.
Then download "ClickToPlugin" https://hoyois.github.io/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/ , add it to the Safari-extensions (accessible after installation via Safari/settings) and choose 380p as your standard video-size. Voila.
It's better do download thd video and view with CorePlayer. Look for download & key within the CorePlayer-dead-thread (pages 6/7 AFAIK)

Thank you, I'll give that a try but I think I removed Safari the app anyway from my G4, will probably have to reinstall it.

I did however realize I have a faster FireFox Based Browser called AuroraFox it surfs the web, downloads and opens tabs far faster than TenFourFox is not as secure though. Not to be confused with the Firefox developer version of a similar name this is for PPC Macs. it works well if you can track it down. I'm not sure if it is still in development or not.

https://code.google.com/archive/p/aurorafox/downloads
https://code.google.com/archive/p/aurorafox/downloads

 

[eyoungren]

Thank you, I'll give that a try but I think I removed Safari the app anyway from my G4, will probably have to reinstall it.

I did however realize I have a faster FireFox Based Browser called AuroraFox it surfs the web, downloads and opens tabs far faster than TenFourFox is not as secure though. Not to be confused with the Firefox developer version of a similar name this is for PPC Macs. it works well if you can track it down. I'm not sure if it is still in development or not.

https://code.google.com/archive/p/aurorafox/downloads
https://code.google.com/archive/p/aurorafox/downloads

It's not in development any more. It was abandoned years ago. It's 26 versions out of date and won't run on Tiger.

As I mentioned in the other thread, you can use media in it because with that version of the browser it hadn't been removed yet for security reasons.

 

[G4Droid]

It's not in development any more. It was abandoned years ago. It's 26 versions out of date and won't run on Tiger.

As I mentioned in the other thread, you can use media in it because with that version of the browser it hadn't been removed yet for security reasons.

You are right and I had no idea it didn't work on Tiger. I'm still a beginner, and for somethings I should keep my mouth shut. lol

"Windows user meets Mac" I'm easily excited when it comes to my G4. I've found though that I don't want no Intel Mac..

 

[eyoungren]

"Windows user meets Mac" I'm easily excited when it comes to my G4. I've found though that I don't want no Intel Mac..

Ahhh!!!

That explains much!

I came to Apple from PC in 2003 when my PC failed at ate all the files on my hard drive. But I've always used a Mac in some capacity (school or work) since the mid 90s.

I have ONE Intel Mac. A 2006 MBP, 32-bit Core Solo. So, it's limited to Snow Leopard (although I know people who could help me get around that).

Totally get where you're coming from then. You're going to find that MOST of the software and hardware that we use is old and out of date. The trick is making this stuff work today without driving yourself insane.

 

[bobesch]

Ahhh!!!
That explains much!
I came to Apple from PC in 2003 when my PC failed at ate all the files on my hard drive. But I've always used a Mac in some capacity (school or work) since the mid 90s.
I have ONE Intel Mac. A 2006 MBP, 32-bit Core Solo. So, it's limited to Snow Leopard (although I know people who could help me get around that).
Totally get where you're coming from then. You're going to find that MOST of the software and hardware that we use is old and out of date. The trick is making this stuff work today without driving yourself insane.

I had been a PC since about '85 starting with DOS and floppy-disks without hard drive. Then Win3.1 and my first mobile device had been an HP Omnibook. After a period of Win98SE the WinXPpro/PalmOS experience had been great with an Acer Travelmate800, which is still on duty with an mSATA and Win7pro. Then PalmOS kicked the bucket and WinMobile had been a big disappointment and was already dead on my arrival.
In 2009 my first Mac had been a mid 2009 intel MacBookPro 13" 2.53GHz Core2Duo with Leopard.
The switch to that MacBook had been so smart and smooth and instead of dealing with problems the experience had been the more about discover the new options. Same with the switch from WinMo to iOS -especially when it comes to cloud, networking and remote access and the different way of wireless connection between devices instead of being strictly hooked locally.
I've got my first PPC after my brandnew MacBookAir 11" had been stolen. Looking back, that change had been a gain more than a loss now...
Leopard in 2009 had been great and it also feels great now on my PPC machines now and after my "iFiles"-App experience on latest iOS these old machines are fully linked to the cloud again. On the go any G4 Book connects to the mobile Wifi-hotspot of my iOS device and has 3G internet. With iFiles I can get an APF connection to the G4Book and move files from camera roll, Dropbox*, GoogleDrive, OneDrive*, Box, webDAV (box, GMX,T-Online)*, Evernote (*can also accessed directly from the Book without using the browser).
On a training course I can also use iFiles to take pictures which are directly stored within any folder of the G4Book, so they can be directly added into any notes I writing about the lectures. Notes can be done with Office'04/'08, DEVONthink, SOHOnotes etc. which are reconnected to the iOS-device again. Any DigitalCamera can be used for taking pictures too if been connected via USB or Firewire.
So I wouldn't talk about "out of date" if I consider my iOS-device as a kind of "Modem" to connect to latest options.
I think, it's more about lacking speed and performance, when it comes to heavy tasks like batch scanning, batch-OCR, viewing/editing high-res video, and faster browsing. For that purpose I solely use an intel-machine. Rest can be done with the PPC easily and nearly without any fear of viruses.
Currently nearly each of my PPC is integrated into the workflow of my home(mac)- and office(win)-network. So if you add the option of a cloud connected intel-Mac as a file-server in the local network, the options of the PPC is also without limits, when it comes to the cloud.

 

[G4Droid]

I had been a PC since about '85 starting with DOS and floppy-disks without hard drive. Then Win3.1 and my first mobile device had been an HP Omnibook. After a period of Win98SE the WinXPpro/PalmOS experience had been great with an Acer Travelmate800, which is still on duty with an mSATA and Win7pro. Then PalmOS kicked the bucket and WinMobile had been a big disappointment and was already dead on my arrival.
In 2009 my first Mac had been a mid 2009 intel MacBookPro 13" 2.53GHz Core2Duo with Leopard.
The switch to that MacBook had been so smart and smooth and instead of dealing with problems the experience had been the more about discover the new options. Same with the switch from WinMo to iOS -especially when it comes to cloud, networking and remote access and the different way of wireless connection between devices instead of being strictly hooked locally.
I've got my first PPC after my brandnew MacBookAir 11" had been stolen. Looking back, that change had been a gain more than a loss now...
Leopard in 2009 had been great and it also feels great now on my PPC machines now and after my "iFiles"-App experience on latest iOS these old machines are fully linked to the cloud again. On the go any G4 Book connects to the mobile Wifi-hotspot of my iOS device and has 3G internet. With iFiles I can get an APF connection to the G4Book and move files from camera roll, Dropbox*, GoogleDrive, OneDrive*, Box, webDAV (box, GMX,T-Online)*, Evernote (*can also accessed directly from the Book without using the browser).
On a training course I can also use iFiles to take pictures which are directly stored within any folder of the G4Book, so they can be directly added into any notes I writing about the lectures. Notes can be done with Office'04/'08, DEVONthink, SOHOnotes etc. which are reconnected to the iOS-device again. Any DigitalCamera can be used for taking pictures too if been connected via USB or Firewire.
So I wouldn't talk about "out of date" if I consider my iOS-device as a kind of "Modem" to connect to latest options.
I think, it's more about lacking speed and performance, when it comes to heavy tasks like batch scanning, batch-OCR, viewing/editing high-res video, and faster browsing. For that purpose I solely use an intel-machine. Rest can be done with the PPC easily and nearly without any fear of viruses.
Currently nearly each of my PPC is integrated into the workflow of my home(mac)- and office(win)-network. So if you add the option of a cloud connected intel-Mac as a file-server in the local network, the options of the PPC is also without limits, when it comes to the cloud.

85 wow of course I used my first computer in 1985 also it was at school, and when I started kindergarten they let us type in our names on it and print them out was my first encounter with a PC. lol

My First Graphical Interface was Deskmate 3 on a Tandy 1000, it wasn't like windows but I loved some features of it like the Text.pdm that beat the crap out same day text programs it had a spell checker and a dictionary that you could update, was ahead of it's time. Even windows 95 didn't have such a thing then. That is where it all began for me, I jumped from Dos 3 to Windows 95, after getting my first ever HP Pentium 75mhz PC. Used it for everything including the internet, it was actually fast at the time considering it was on dial up in 1995.. I didn't use windows 3.1x or 3.11 till years later and on slower PC's. When we got 98se that was the best times the combination of real dos and a reliable windows that actually was made for the user, them was the days..

pretty much you name it I probably have used it in regards to PC's Dos 3 to Dos 7, windows 3.1x to 7, I even have ran Windows NT 4, win2k, win2k3, WinFLP, etc.. But though I have had experience with Mac's in school I never owned one until I bought my iBook, and I had never used OSX before, so I had start over. As far as Mac's go I had used the Apple 2e, the infamous "Apple Macintosh" and later Mac Os 8.

I was a real geek in my teenage years, but I had got my Palm Os devices late much longer after they had come out they were nearly dead when I got them but was before HP had bought Palm so they were still around for awhile yet and I was able to get support, was in between 1999 to 2002 I think. I first had a Palm 3e, then a 3c, some other model then my Treo 650 that I loved, it took the best pictures..

wow, that was long, but actually I just got my G4 connected with Dropbox today found the page about it on here https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/reconnect-unsupported-leopard-macs-to-dropbox.1865621/. It works great so far, now I can surf the internet with windows download stuff and test it directly on my G4. Problems solved at least as long as Dropbox keeps working.

The thing about me is I take on so many things at one time, That I overload myself sometimes but I just keep going. At one time I had a pristine C64 that had everything games, software, I played BC's quest for tires had a fast load cartridge, etc.. I could go on and on because I've done so much with PC's and retro video games. Using my G4 is just one my many hobby's..