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What have you done with a PowerPC today?
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The latest (yesterday) release of Transmission:
Repaste it, and upgraded to 256Gb SSD.
Will be fiddling with PPCPorts soon
Will be fiddling with PPCPorts soon
alex_free
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TheShortTimer
macrumors 68040
@alex_free's DCDIB program is an eternal godsend. I wanted to run an emulator on my Dreamcast but I couldn't get it to work via an SD card adapter so I turned to one of my iBook G4's and burned a CD.
As usual, you just select the .CDI file to be burned and DCDIB gets to work.
A few minutes later, I had a successfully burned CD-R to use on the Dreamcast.
529 games from the MSX software library are available to me. Let's play a few! 😀
For those who are curious as to what's happening here. The Dreamcast is running an emulator that provides a Sega Master System/Mark III/MK2000 hardware environment within which games originally produced for the first-gen MSX computer range are able to run. This is possible because the aforementioned 8-bit Sega hardware is backwards compatible with its predecessor, the Sega SG-1000 - whose spec is a near match to that of the original MSX and the ColecoVision console for that matter.
I seriously considered tracking down an MSX machine or a Sega Master System with a flash cart but then I learned about this emulator and DCDIB saved me the hassle and money. What a great place the Dreamcast's homebrew scene is.
Cheers, Alex!
As usual, you just select the .CDI file to be burned and DCDIB gets to work.
A few minutes later, I had a successfully burned CD-R to use on the Dreamcast.
529 games from the MSX software library are available to me. Let's play a few! 😀
For those who are curious as to what's happening here. The Dreamcast is running an emulator that provides a Sega Master System/Mark III/MK2000 hardware environment within which games originally produced for the first-gen MSX computer range are able to run. This is possible because the aforementioned 8-bit Sega hardware is backwards compatible with its predecessor, the Sega SG-1000 - whose spec is a near match to that of the original MSX and the ColecoVision console for that matter.
I seriously considered tracking down an MSX machine or a Sega Master System with a flash cart but then I learned about this emulator and DCDIB saved me the hassle and money. What a great place the Dreamcast's homebrew scene is.
Cheers, Alex!
alex_free
macrumors 65816
Gotta love the GUI aspect of the original releases. Glad it’s still working well for you friend.@alex_free's DCDIB program is an eternal godsend. I wanted to run an emulator on my Dreamcast but I couldn't get it to work via an SD card adapter so I turned to one of my iBook G4's and burned a CD.
As usual, you just select the .CDI file to be burned and DCDIB gets to work.
A few minutes later, I had a successfully burned CD-R to use on the Dreamcast.
529 games from the MSX software library are available to me. Let's play a few! 😀
For those who are curious as to what's happening here. The Dreamcast is running an emulator that provides a Sega Master System/Mark III/MK2000 hardware environment within which games originally produced for the first-gen MSX computer range are able to run. This is possible because the aforementioned 8-bit Sega hardware is backwards compatible with its predecessor, the Sega SG-1000 - whose spec is a near match to that of the original MSX and the ColecoVision console for that matter.
I seriously considered tracking down an MSX machine or a Sega Master System with a flash cart but then I learned about this emulator and DCDIB saved me the hassle and money. What a great place the Dreamcast's homebrew scene is.
Cheers, Alex!
I haven’t done a PPC build in so long, but there really hasn’t been any bugs with it either then I or anyone has found. I’ve ported it to Linux too, and to this day it remains my most popular GitHub repository I’ve ever made . SEO goes Brrr 🤣 https://github.com/alex-free/dreamcast-cdi-burner
Everyone thought cd burning software that was portable for Linux, that would work on every distribution with one release was impossible!! I proved them all wrong. I honestly constantly check to see if anyone encounters a portability bug or anything but it’s just been crickets, which is a good thing!
Matias_
macrumors regular
Today I upgraded my 1 GHz uniprocessor FW800 PowerMac G4 to a dual 1.25 GHz using a CPU card I managed to score for just €10 shipped.
Stock heatsink clears the triple coils and fits perfectly.
Currently running at 1 GHz still because I've not yet adjusted the bus clock from 133 MHz to 167 MHz, the whole motherboard has to come out for that.
Stock heatsink clears the triple coils and fits perfectly.
Currently running at 1 GHz still because I've not yet adjusted the bus clock from 133 MHz to 167 MHz, the whole motherboard has to come out for that.
Wild Hare
macrumors regular
YES.
After 20+ years of the thermal pad (film) in place… maybe time to soften the film and clean with 91% alcohol (or greater) before carefully removing the film — without scratching the surface of the heatsink itself. You can see where the film has either still adhered to the die (or baked to dust) and the red-lined area where it no longer maintains sufficient contact. So yes, after softening that “film” and carefully peeling it away… thoroughly clean any residue remaining and apply heatsink paste.
* Mind you, there are some that leave the film in place and then just apply paste over it. (cringe)
After 20+ years of the thermal pad (film) in place… maybe time to soften the film and clean with 91% alcohol (or greater) before carefully removing the film — without scratching the surface of the heatsink itself. You can see where the film has either still adhered to the die (or baked to dust) and the red-lined area where it no longer maintains sufficient contact. So yes, after softening that “film” and carefully peeling it away… thoroughly clean any residue remaining and apply heatsink paste.
* Mind you, there are some that leave the film in place and then just apply paste over it. (cringe)
mode32
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ervus
macrumors 6502
I doubt it matters. Cleaning/oiling (or installing?) a fan is probably much more important. That is not a high power CPU.
I don't really get why people agonize over paste. I saw one comparison test that included peanut butter, and it worked fine. Maybe when overclocking a 100w CPU...
Certificate of Excellence
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jktwice
macrumors regular
Do old UT99 clients work with OldUnreal clients? It would be sick to fire this up and join other folks and play.
UT2K4 is great but it doesn't keep 60fps on every map no matter what I do for some reason.
Certificate of Excellence
macrumors 68020
To get updated UT master server lists, follow these instructions.
or your could play on the Tinkerdifferent server games.tinkerdifferent.com:9777 . They're always loaded with bots if no actual people are playing, so one can get their fix, regardless. I like TDs UT and Q3A server.
Doq
macrumors 6502a
From my experience, there are a few little quirks between OldUnreal and... old Unreal, but for the most part compatibility remain intact. There's a section on the OldUnreal GitHub page about it https://github.com/OldUnreal/UnrealTournamentPatches#compatibility
Certificate of Excellence
macrumors 68020
Lil Chillbil
macrumors 65816
Replaced the PRAM battery in my beige G3 minitower, ordered a blue scsi and a new (to me) cd drive. Soon will have Mac OS 9.2.2 running off an SD card.
Certificate of Excellence
macrumors 68020
I've been very happy with how this A1047 has turned out (was a 2026 PowerPC Challenge mac) so I am keeping it as a DD in my office. I took the time to fire up a 1T external for Time Machine and installed two favorite productivity apps of mine - Omnigraffle 5 and Toast 9. I also grabbed a fav Apple extended chicklet kb of mine a1243 and connected an aptly named G5 Logitech gaming mouse I've had forever. With the help of alot of legacy mac enthusiasts continuing app support over the years, this 20 year old Powermac really has turned out to be a very useful machine in 2026.
Anyways, there's something about installing from physical media that is "very satisfying" as the kids say nowadays 😉
Anyways, there's something about installing from physical media that is "very satisfying" as the kids say nowadays 😉
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srp
macrumors regular
I've been playing around with OpenGL stuff lately and decided to get ImGui working. This is the latest version 1.90.5 with a couple of big endian patches. Using the OpenGL3 backend but running in OpenGL 2.0 mode, so we can still access shaders if needed. Pretty cool that everything else seems to just work.
Can you try getting ImPlay working?
Here is the branch: https://github.com/macos-powerpc/powerpc-ports/tree/implay (there are a lot of hacks to glfw).
The app works on Catalina, but on 10.6 cannot start mpv GL context.
srp
macrumors regular
I can try - I opted to use SDL2 instead (because I also ran into a bunch of issues with glfw). Didn't even know this was a thing.
Is there a quick and easy way for me to just spin up that branch and clone the implay repository directly with your patches applied? I get a little overwhelmed dealing with Portfiles, it would be great if I could just clone a repository with exactly the patches I need, build and go.
srp
macrumors regular
I was playing around with the Plex Server API today and I was able to find a way to get content streamed directly to ffplay. So this can essentially be used to make a fully featured Plex frontend. Does direct play great with practically zero overhead. Nothing fancy here yet, no resolution switching or playback controls, just a cool proof of concept.
srp
macrumors regular
Alright well I guess this is a whole thing now. I was able to implement playback controls and a hardware accelerated GL canvas to render to via ffmpeg. Linked it up to Plex server API - all controls work, I can skip between episodes, jump around to different places, it's pretty smooth. I'm now able to access the vast majority of my Plex library with no issues.
Transcoding doesn't work yet but shouldn't be hard to fix - this is all just direct play from your library.
I'll have to prep a release for this and post it soon for anyone interested. Right now the library browsing isn't very good so I'd like to improve that first.
Transcoding doesn't work yet but shouldn't be hard to fix - this is all just direct play from your library.
I'll have to prep a release for this and post it soon for anyone interested. Right now the library browsing isn't very good so I'd like to improve that first.
Very cool! I used to really enjoy my Dreamcast when I had one. Incidentally, is it possible to make a Dreamcast disc like this that instead of burning to a physical disc you save to a virtual disc for use in Retroarch? That would be pretty cool also!!@alex_free's DCDIB program is an eternal godsend. I wanted to run an emulator on my Dreamcast but I couldn't get it to work via an SD card adapter so I turned to one of my iBook G4's and burned a CD.
As usual, you just select the .CDI file to be burned and DCDIB gets to work.
A few minutes later, I had a successfully burned CD-R to use on the Dreamcast.
529 games from the MSX software library are available to me. Let's play a few! 😀
For those who are curious as to what's happening here. The Dreamcast is running an emulator that provides a Sega Master System/Mark III/MK2000 hardware environment within which games originally produced for the first-gen MSX computer range are able to run. This is possible because the aforementioned 8-bit Sega hardware is backwards compatible with its predecessor, the Sega SG-1000 - whose spec is a near match to that of the original MSX and the ColecoVision console for that matter.
I seriously considered tracking down an MSX machine or a Sega Master System with a flash cart but then I learned about this emulator and DCDIB saved me the hassle and money. What a great place the Dreamcast's homebrew scene is.
Cheers, Alex!
Thanks for sharing!
😁