What have you done with a PowerPC today?

[MacPro2006VBox]

I recently did this… Void Linux on my G3. Currently trying to get XOrg to work so I can get a DE working.

 

[Dronecatcher]

Someone kindly uploaded macam at the Garden recently which at long last has given functionality to a 1999 vintage PenCam I have (mentioned here)

Hooking it up to my G3 iBook this morning I effortlessly took a QVGA resolution time lapse video of the grey day outside.

 

[Tratkazir_the_1st]

Can someone pls direct me to solution of time drift trouble? All my Linuxes (currently Deb, Gentoo & Void) configured for automatic time sunchronization & all works good, time is accurate. But when I boot to Leopard (rarely using Tiger) - time is drifted +1 hour of real. Have no idea where to look, Leopard configured for time synchronization also (my timezone is GMT+3, Moscow time).

 

[Dronecatcher]

Filmed some OS9 action of my Sawtooth....

 

[philgxxd]

Filmed some OS9 action of my Sawtooth....

I loved the ZIP disc bonus content.

 

[Dronecatcher]

I loved the ZIP disc bonus content.

The resounding 'clunk' of that disc eject

 

[Tratkazir_the_1st]

The resounding 'clunk' of that disc eject

Best of known to me sounds - working LS-120 . And one of frightening - it's from JAZ drive, when it start revolving it's cartridge (or what his kind of storage named..?)

 

[Tratkazir_the_1st]

Guys, can someone plz tell me, HOW to teach Mac OS (Tiger & Leo) to NOT SHUT DOWN unrecognized drives?..

 

[Tratkazir_the_1st]

The PowerPC Debian Wiki

OK, now it is certain, than quite any Linux distro can be installed to a GPT-partitioned drive in PowerMac :D. First of all, you need to be sure that your OpenFirmware version can read GPT drives (I don't know all versions & their capabilities). Simplest way (may be) - partition something (HDD...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[wicknix]

I picked up a 17" powerbook from goodwill for $46 this weekend (no charger included). It's in fair condition. The case is spotless except the front bezel is a little chipped up from the previous owner cracking it open to repair or replace something, and the hinges have about 1/2" play in them. Otherwise the battery still holds a charge and it works as expected. I did a fresh install of Leopard finally. Normally i just restore backups, but this time i wanted to only install software that i actually use on a normal basis. Then ran the .nib removal, language removal, intel code removal, and tweaks. I'm surprised how well Leopard runs on 1ghz.

 

[B S Magnet]

I picked up a 17" powerbook from goodwill for $46 this weekend (no charger included). It's in fair condition. The case is spotless except the front bezel is a little chipped up from the previous owner cracking it open to repair or replace something, and the hinges have about 1/2" play in them. Otherwise the battery still holds a charge and it works as expected. I did a fresh install of Leopard finally. Normally i just restore backups, but this time i wanted to only install software that i actually use on a normal basis. Then ran the .nib removal, language removal, intel code removal, and tweaks. I'm surprised how well Leopard runs on 1ghz.

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Nice find!

That additional L3 cache atop the 1 GHz likely doesn’t hurt, either.

 

[Doq]

That looks like the original 17" Aluminium. The original 12" and 17" Aluminium models shipped with 7455s like the last Titanium, and the 7455 was the last notebook G4 that had the L3 cache. The next models that came after these were the 12", 15", and 17" Aluminiums with 7447s; no L3 cache but double the L2 (512k, up from 256k).

That's a nice find, especially at that condition, and it doesn't look like it's got Dead Bottom RAM Slot Syndrome. Pretty sweet win!

 

[Amethyst1]

The original 12" and 17" Aluminium models shipped with 7455s like the last Titanium, and the 7455 was the last notebook G4 that had the L3 cache.

The 12 doesn’t have L3 though does it?

 

[Doq]

The 12 doesn’t have L3 though does it?

L3 was omitted on the 12, yes.

 

[eyoungren]

I picked up a 17" powerbook from goodwill for $46 this weekend (no charger included). It's in fair condition. The case is spotless except the front bezel is a little chipped up from the previous owner cracking it open to repair or replace something, and the hinges have about 1/2" play in them. Otherwise the battery still holds a charge and it works as expected. I did a fresh install of Leopard finally. Normally i just restore backups, but this time i wanted to only install software that i actually use on a normal basis. Then ran the .nib removal, language removal, intel code removal, and tweaks. I'm surprised how well Leopard runs on 1ghz.

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A1013.

You have my model 17" Powerbook.

 

[wicknix]

It's nice. I really like the screen size / res. I don't however like the touchpad. No 2 finger scroll like on my 15". I even installed iscroll2 and it doesn't seem to work sadly.

 

[eyoungren]

It's nice. I really like the screen size / res. I don't however like the touchpad. No 2 finger scroll like on my 15". I even installed iscroll2 and it doesn't seem to work sadly.

iScroll2? From here: http://iscroll2.sourceforge.net ?

It's been a very long time since I've had to mess with that. I got it squared away years ago so not sure what your exact problem might be.

 

[wicknix]

Yep, that very same one. I played with all the prefs. Even rebooted a few times after changing prefs. Still nothing. Have to use the arrow keys or scroll bars, which erks me.

 

[B S Magnet]

Yep, that very same one. I played with all the prefs. Even rebooted a few times after changing prefs. Still nothing. Have to use the arrow keys or scroll bars, which erks me.

Hrm. I’m aware it isn’t iScroll2 or two-finger scrolling, but SideTrack might work as a stop-gap.

 

[Tratkazir_the_1st]

Pls direct me to the right topic if I'm wrong. Guys, what software do I need for formatting (preferably in UDF) & using DVD-RAM disks in Mac OS?

 

[MacFoxG4]

Updated to the last official release of TFF on both my Sawtooth and my iBook G3. I feel kind of sad, but we all knew this day was coming.

 

[theMarble]

Pls direct me to the right topic if I'm wrong. Guys, what software do I need for formatting (preferably in UDF) & using DVD-RAM disks in Mac OS?

I believe DVD-RAM support was dropped in either Panther or Tiger. I know Leopard doesn't support. You will probably have to use Linux. Then there are lots of tools for Linux.

 

[B S Magnet]

Pls direct me to the right topic if I'm wrong. Guys, what software do I need for formatting (preferably in UDF) & using DVD-RAM disks in Mac OS?

Have you looked into what Toast 10 Titanium is able to format (or Toast 9, if using Tiger)?

 

[Tratkazir_the_1st]

what Toast 10 Titanium is able to format

The very idea than Toast can FORMAT disk is really new for me. I've thought this can be done from Disk Utility (but didn' see some new filesystem after Toast installation).

 

[Tratkazir_the_1st]

You will probably have to use Linux. Then there are lots of tools for Linux.

Most funny is that it is quite easy to format anything to UDF (several versions supported) from Windows, beginning from Vista (don't know about W11).