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  1. B S Magnet

    The curious little artifacts of a modern (major) macOS thread

    This thread probably shouldn’t even exist, but maybe it ought to. :) Have you run into quirks in macOS/OS X which hint at residual, surviving code from as far back as the Mac OS Classic days? :) I just found one! In High Sierra, importing images from a device in Image Capture (an application...
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    ChatGPT desktop application for Mac OS 8.6 - OSX 10.6.8

    Over the last few weeks I have been building LegacyAI, which is a ChatGPT client built specifically for Mac OS 9. LegacyAI allows you to access OpenAI's ChatGPT from your Macintosh Desktop. You can choose AI models, save conversations, and can set up your own customised proxy server (if...
  3. Appleuser201

    YouTube Frontend For Browser Playback

    Hey all, I came on here because I saw a video of a guy playing YouTube in a browser (latest version of K Meleon) on Windows 2000 using a Pentium II clocked at 350mhz and 128mb of ram. The thing is, it was just a YouTube front-end site and it was designed in a way to look like YouTube from 2005...
  4. B S Magnet

    Mac2K: The Years’ 2038 and 2040 Problems

    Mac2K: The Years’ 2038 and 2040 Problems WikiPost struck: 31 January 2023 Last edited: 31 January 2023 OVERVIEW For folks who use PowerPC and even Intel Macs (prior to, say, macOS 10.15 Catalina), it’s never too soon or too late to start planning for the impending, dual Y2K-like hard limits...
    • B S Magnet
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    • 32-bit hfs+ intel mac os 9 mac os x macos posix powerpc y2k38 y2k40
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  5. C

    Difficulty playing old Mac Game

    Hi all! First time posting in this forum, and using forums in general to be honest. I apologise if making a post like this out of the blue is considered bad etiquette. I recently decided to revisit a series of games from my childhood, the Rainbow Fish series. According the website I got the...
  6. K

    HOWTO: Quad booting a Mini (OS9, OSX, Linux, MorphOS)

    Hey guys, first post here and it's gonna be a bit of a monster... I couldn't find a unified guide on all this anywhere, so here it is. I hope it helps someone avoid the frustrations I had. I'm intentionally being verbose here so this is as approachable as possible, sorry if sometimes it seems...
    • kokakoda
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    • linux mac mini mac os 9 mac os x morphos multiboot
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  7. LeoI07

    "Bus error" bomb screen when trying to boot Mac OS 9.1 or later on a Power Macintosh G3 Minitower

    I've been trying to get the latest version of Mac OS 9 (9.2.2) working on my beige Power Macintosh G3 (Minitower 266 MHz). However, there's an issue I've been encountering with all versions from 9.1 onward. The OS won't boot. The "Starting Up..." progress bar gets about a tenth of the way full...
    • LeoI07
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    • error mac os 9 mac os 9.1 mac os 9.2 power mac g3
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  8. alex_free

    SM64GSW v1.4 now available for PPC Mac OS 8-9, Mac OS X 10.3.9-10.6.8, & More

    I wrote this program last year in C89/Ansi C. It allows you to write GameShark codes directly into a given Super Mario 64 ROM file. Useful for emulators like sixtyforce (mac os 8-9 version, running great on the Mac mini G4 - https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/sixtyforce ) which do not have the...
  9. castroa320

    Blinking floppy icon on startup but then boots with SSD upgrade

    Hello there. Got a iMac 600 MHZ summer 2001 that I recently upgraded to a Inland 128 GB SSD with a IDE to SATA converter board. Also install 768 MB of RAM. I installed Mac OS 9.2.2 on it. Did see a little bit of a different speed wise. My issue is every time I boot into the system, it gives me a...
    • castroa320
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    • imac g3 mac os mac os 9 mac os 9.2.2 old mac ppc ssd
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  10. macnerd93

    SSD Inside my G4 Cube - A Quick Demo

    Hi all, After having a bit of a disappointing time with a previous IDE to SATA adapter (erratic system behaviour crashes, flashing lights or not switching on at all) I spent a bit more and got one of the red Startech ones. This one seems to play nicely with old Macs and can confirm works inside...
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    • apple demo g4 cube mac os 9 power mac g4 powerpc ssd tech upgrade video
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  11. macnerd93

    Mac OS 9 missing bottom access bar?

    Hi all, Wondering if someone could help me. I got my iMac G3 DV Graphite out of storage a few days ago and have been playing about with Mac OS 9 again. Found a load of wonderful abandoned ware and been reminiscing my childhood. However, the problem I've noticed is that after installing a few...
  12. Rikintosh

    Introducing a new way to run OS 9 on supported non-G4 and G5 macs, 100% compatible!

    After a lot of frustration trying to run Mac OS 9 natively on my powerbook, I decided that the most viable way to run my classic games would be through the classic environment of Mac OS X 10.4. But for everything to work satisfactorily, it would take a huge effort to research and modify the...
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    What do you use Mac OS 9 for?

    Mac OS 9 is talked about quite a lot on these forums, and I did my own research and watched videos of it and realize just how classic it looks and feels like the original Macintosh software and how different OS X is to it. I also found out there was a funeral for OS 9 back in 2002... as Jobs...
  14. Appleuser201

    A New Browser is needed for Mac OS 9

    Just saw a poll on this forum for what OS people use on their PPC Macs and about 25% voted that they use Mac OS 9 or earlier. The only browser available for that OS (that is most modern) is Classilla and the same is true for every version of OS X under 10.4. Wikipedia said the browser has not...
  15. Appleuser201

    YouTube App For MAC OS 9?

    Does any working YouTube app exist for MAC OS 9? I know there are many YouTube apps for mac os x 10.3/10.4/10.5 that work well on g3/g4/g5 macs, but can't find anything for OS9. Any suggestions?
  16. Mr. Dee

    Bought a Apple Titanium PowerBook G4 of Ebay - Pleasantly Surprised

    Last month, I bought a PowerBook G4 Titanium 667 GHz - seller said 1 GHz, but it turned out to be a 667 MHz. Anyway, its not a big deal, was just hoping it was at least working. Got a new charger with it too, so that seemed worthy enough to part with $177 ($79 + 100+) for shipping). Import...
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    • 2002 apple mac os 10.1 mac os 9 powerbook g4 titanium vintage.
    • Replies: 48
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  17. AppleAsker

    Resolved iMac G3 - Partitioning Hard Drive for OS 9 + OS X Dual Boot

    Hey y'all, I'm trying to install Mac OS X 10.3 Panther on my Indigo iMac G3. The iMac has a 20 GB hard drive, and already has Mac OS 9.2.2 installed on it. I'm planning to do that by splitting the hard drive in half using Disk Utility on the Panther install disk, then installing OS X on the...
    • AppleAsker
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    • imac imac g3 mac mac os 9 mac os x powerbook powermac powerpc
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  18. J

    Mac OS X Server 1.2 & FileMaker Server?

    Hello I just recently setup my PowerMac G4 Sawtooth to run Mac OS X Server 1.2 and I'd like to add FileMaker Server to this system but I don't know which version is the right one for this system. As far as I'm concerned I know that there weren't that many apps that natively ran in that version...
    • josehoward
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    • carbon classic mac os database filemaker filemaker server mac os 8.6 mac os 9 mac os x server rhapsody server
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Apple Collectors
  19. J

    Looking for a copy of Mac OS X Server 1.0

    Hello guys. I have a PowerBook 3400c with 200MHz, 144MB Ram & 4 GB of CF storage. I read somewhere that this machine can run the very first server edition of Mac OS X. Does anyone have a copy you might want to sell? I don't need a retail box (though if you still have it, will be nice).
    • josehoward
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    • mac os 9 mac os x mac os x server powerbook powerbook 3400 rhapsody server software vintage
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Apple Collectors
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    Best Mac for Mac OS 9?

    I don't know if I'll be doing this soon, but after watching some YouTube videos on Mac OS 9 I'm tempted to get a Mac to play around with it. Gaming would be best since I really don't need it for anything important. I could do some word processing but I rarely have a need for that and it would...
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