Haha, yep sure can. I just don’t have monitors for them all. Anyone know of a ADC kvm solution?
Also, I need to figure out a better camera solution in that small dark room than a crappy 6s camera in panoramic mode.
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Also, I need to figure out a better camera solution in that small dark room than a crappy 6s camera in panoramic mode.
Love the desk solution. Super stylish
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2002 vintage single core 800Mhz Power Macintosh G4 'Quicksilver'. Upgraded with 1.25Gb of RAM, and 2 x 80GB HDD. Works just as well as it did brand new (though has recently had a replacement clock battery), and is in almost perfect cosmetic condition. I still have her boxes in the attic, and the original Apple Pro Mouse is in a drawer somewhere. Still in occasional use for watching the odd DVD, and used as the worlds slowest web browser. Oh, and I occasionally play Sim City 2000 on it, booted into Mac OS 9.2. She is running Mac OS X 10.4.11 as her main OS, and still happy connects to the internet using a Wifi PCI card.
How do you manage to run youtube and which browser seems to open pages in year 2021. I like the setup 👍
I have a powerbook G4 17 inch 1.33Ghz in perfect condition running tiger but only drawback is browsing, and youtube.
I just don't want to shift to any other OS.
I have a powerbook G4 17 inch 1.33Ghz in perfect condition running tiger but only drawback is browsing, and youtube.
I just don't want to shift to any other OS.
Hi Dilli,
Mac OS X 10.4.11 is the last version that will run on my PMG4... not sure about your PB but I would think it is likely the same. There is an amazing browser called TenFourFox that will open most contemporary websites, albeit slowly! I have heard people say they can get YouTube working on here, however I haven't been able to replicate that!
If you haven't heard of it before, there is an amazing website called 'The Macintosh Garden' that stores and distributes loads of old PPC apps to play with. It's pretty comprehensive. You can get TFF on there!
In Tiger use TenFourFox or Interweb, install Greasemonkey add-on, then Sebaro's Viewtube script - this makes Youtube playback more managable either in browser or passing it to a media player.
If you search Youtube in this forum there are many solutions.
The main problem with Youtube is navigating the site, to do this best with low power hardware the browser must pretend to be a mobile device to limit content - some work is needed to be done to setup but once completed you can watch Youtube even on a 500Mhz G3.
Leopard will run on any G4. You just need to work around the 867 MHz CPU check.
Thanks. I have TTF but it is good for normal browsing few pages , not everything opens. I can't watch YouTube. I tried tenfive tube but it is for leopard. For Tiger 10 4 11 there is very limited choice. Sorry to be off topic here. Tks again for your link.
My powerbook has 1.33ghz cpu. What would be the process to get around the processor check
None.
1.33 GHz is higher than 867 MHz. Leopard will install and run.
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Ah yes, sorry… 10.4.11 is the last one with the Classic Environment…
You meant: 10.2.8 is the last one with a good Classic environment.
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My resurrected iMac G4 800MHz - with a wireless mouse and keyboard, maxed out RAM, and 128GB SSD, it’s basically an M1, right?
Except unlike the M1 iMacs, I get to use OS9’s Newsstand!
Except unlike the M1 iMacs, I get to use OS9’s Newsstand!
Pine wood and Macs from that era have that place in my heart...🥰
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I wonder if THIS can be used in both types of G5 .
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This is the archive I have on file - follow the instruction.
I never knew about this program! Thank you for sharing. In fact, I went to the website that distributes Newsstand and they have a way to get it working under an M1 Mac using SheepSaver with OS9 which is pre-made for this. I got it working with my modern Intel Macbook Air right now under SheepSaver to read the news, so probably works under Rosetta 2 on a M1 mac. Thanks for the post!!
Sorry to bother you lovely PPC guys, but is there a Motorola forum? Or is that the Wasteland forum?
Oh I am so sorry. It's obviously the Collectors forum. Sorry again..
Oh I am so sorry. It's obviously the Collectors forum. Sorry again..
Still looks good. Thanks for posting, even if this turns out not to be forum for the pre-PPC Macs.
You’re welcome! It’s replaced TenFourFox as my go to app on PowerPC.
Newsstand
Newsstand is a new Google News RSS reader for Mac OS 9. Stay up-to-date across more than 200 topics in 24 countries.
www.getnewsstand.com
I installed leopard over tiger but ran into spotlight loop issue . So I had to re install and go back into Tiger.
Unless you actually use Spotlight, you can kill it dead. Just a few terminal commands (or using Onyx). A lot of people use Spotlight as an app launcher, but I've found Quicksilver to be better and it still work on the Catalina Mac I am typing this on.
Leopard also allows the use of the Secrets prefpane which will let you tweak the OS and various other things to optimize Leopard.