Thanks @barracuda156, I will try this out and report back how it goes.
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What have you done with a PowerPC today?
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My first impression about MorphOS. Simple love it! The Wayfarer & Iris is more than I want from a 20y old PowerPC laptop (Powerbook 15" DLSD). Audio/video playback/adjustment options can be improved. This is still a bit behind the capabilities offered by OS X. But this system is tempting and I'm looking to the 3.20.
Yay, another MorphOS user!
As somebody who never grew up using an Amiga-like OS, I found the prospect of MorphOS absolutely fascinating to explore and tinker with. It was one of the many reasons I wanted to pick up a Power Mac G5 in the first place.
I'm assuming you know about how the system slows itself down on purpose unless you buy a license though. That's probably the one drawback I can think of if you're just trying it out. I thought it was neat enough that I decided to buy the license anyway to help support development. They're a pretty small team, so they took around two to three days to send me my registration key file.
I'm currently using it with the 30 minute time limit. But I'll buy it. It's beautiful! I've done everything with OSX 10.5.8. It's time to explore something else.
They are officially "unsupported" but it works fine, you will just need a PCIe NIC since the built-in LAN won't work. See: How to run MorphOS on unsupported G5 PCIe. I bought a TP-Link TG-3468 for mine.
I think older AirPort Extreme cards might also work but you need to come up with an antenna solution for those since the Late 05 has different antenna cable's that won't fit.
I think older AirPort Extreme cards might also work but you need to come up with an antenna solution for those since the Late 05 has different antenna cable's that won't fit.
Today I found out that Late 2005 Power Mac G5s can actually boot from GUID disks. At this point in the more tech-savvy circles of MacRumors PPC forum this is probably somewhat common knowledge, but I had no idea. So the first thing I did was get a FireWire drive and install Leopard on it on my MacBook Pro, then hook it up to my Power Macs G5 to see if it worked. It did.
What in the world could I even *do* with this though? I guess sneakernet universal app builds between test machines? The compatibility is very useful, don’t get me wrong, but I’m still wondering why I would have an external drive shared by my MBP 08 and my PMG5.
Still cool. Probably gonna take some time in the near future and reformat my drives to be GUID.
What in the world could I even *do* with this though? I guess sneakernet universal app builds between test machines? The compatibility is very useful, don’t get me wrong, but I’m still wondering why I would have an external drive shared by my MBP 08 and my PMG5.
Still cool. Probably gonna take some time in the near future and reformat my drives to be GUID.
Theoretically this would allow you to have a very large (>2 TiB) drive as your boot disk. Though getting a disk that size to actually boot is.... a troublesome matter in the least.
Any Mac with an Open Firmware version built in July 2005 or later should be able to boot from GPT formatted disks according to the "List of Open Firmware versions" at
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...l-work-in-a-beige-power-macintosh-g3.2303689/
I am looking for Mac ROM dumps for any Mac or OF version not included in that list (excluding Macs that don't have Open Firmware) to fill in the gaps.
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...eige-power-macintosh-g3.2303689/post-33883037
OK, this is a really stupid question, or at least I feel stupid asking it, but where can I get PPCPorts from? ... and is there a set of install instructions? Thanks!
macos-powerpc.org ?
I have updated links today, though did not yet upload 2.11.2.
2.11.1 is good to go anyway.
For 10.5 there is 2.11.2 already. (Keep in mind, testing on 10.5 is limited, though I confirm on my machine that it works upon installation.)
Pre-built packages for 10.5 aren’t many, but complete toolchain is there (ppc64).
UPD. 2.11.2 available for 10.6.8 as well now.
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I got my hands on my iBook G3 (graphite model) again after my family came all this way to visit and bring it to me. I last had OS 9 installed on it, but I recalled trying to set up a Tiger installation with Classic Mode enabled. I'm considering running Shuriken on it if/when I figure that out.
Tried running Adelie Linux from live DVD on my iBook G4. It seems to have a reasonable collection of software..so tried installing it to the HD...which took a while and went all ok. But the boot loader failed. Found a guy on YT who fixed this with an earlier install.
Been distracted with car battery issues and other stuff ..but will get back onto trying his solution.
It's a 2024 iso but thought I'd give it a go
Been distracted with car battery issues and other stuff ..but will get back onto trying his solution.
It's a 2024 iso but thought I'd give it a go
File copy was started around 9 or 10am on Sunday, July 20, 2025. Here we are, Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at about 3.5 days in. At least I'm finally under 24 hours!
USB 1.1 copy of what was originally 500GB+, but got whittled down by some other earlier filecopies. I wanted to do this via ethernet, which would have taken much less than a day but the server kept bombing out. Since right now the server isn't serving anything at the moment, it's no big deal to just let it run for four days in the background.
USB 1.1 copy of what was originally 500GB+, but got whittled down by some other earlier filecopies. I wanted to do this via ethernet, which would have taken much less than a day but the server kept bombing out. Since right now the server isn't serving anything at the moment, it's no big deal to just let it run for four days in the background.
I got my hands on an era-appropriate DVI monitor from Dell that I would love to use with my G5. The only problem is that I have the X850 XT, and it has two differently-sized ports in the back. One of them fits perfectly into the existing Apple Cinema Display (A1082), and I discovered that I would need to buy a proprietary and rare Apple adapter device to make the DVI monitor work on this system.
If I could get my hands on it, that would be incredible. I'd be able to work on my writings with the Cinema Display while always having iTunes visible on the Dell DVI monitor.
If I could get my hands on it, that would be incredible. I'd be able to work on my writings with the Cinema Display while always having iTunes visible on the Dell DVI monitor.
Is that two different DVI ports on your G5 GPU…?
Last time I turned on my G5 (about 5 years ago), I connected an old HP DVI monitor which I have….. 😁
Nice thing was, it performed exactly the same as when I last shut it down (about 2010, when I got my cMP).
Oddly enough, it's not two DVI ports on my GPU. One is DVI and the other is ADC, which makes this a tad annoying to try and get a dual monitor setup going with my G5.
It may be cheaper to get a different GPU, than try and find an ADC adapter/converter.
Or pick up one of the old acrylic Apple Cinema Displays, which should connect directly.
My GPU is the X1900 Mac Edition.
Spent 4 hours tonight tinkering with my iMac G3 slot loader's CD drive trying to get it to properly eject discs. Replaced the belt and added heat shrink tubing underneath the bar to ensure the rubber makes contact, but initial test didn't seat the CD so I pulled it apart again. Will reinstall again tomorrow and see if the additional futzing got it...
Like Steve, was it really that necessary for the iMacs to slot load? My tray loaders are so much easier to work on, meanwhile every one of these drives craps out from rubber wear, and the slot loading means there are so many brackets and screws to deal with.
Like Steve, was it really that necessary for the iMacs to slot load? My tray loaders are so much easier to work on, meanwhile every one of these drives craps out from rubber wear, and the slot loading means there are so many brackets and screws to deal with.
I read this recently:
https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/major-personal-laserwriter-ntr-woes.50451/post-567720
Maybe a similar product can be used in your case?
I paid a lot more than I'm proud to admit for my X850 XT. Trust me, it's definitely much cheaper to get an ADC adapter at this point.
I ordered one for a price that wasn't terrible just last night, so now I have that to look forward to.