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  1. watermark_hd

    I got Claude AI running natively on a PowerPC iBook G4 (Tiger)

    I got Claude AI running natively on a PowerPC iBook G4. Here's what it can actually do. Type claude in Terminal, and you get a real coding assistant that runs on the G4 itself — no cloud IDE, no remote desktop, no cheating. It can: Hold a conversation, in English or Japanese (it figures out...
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    • claude ai ibook g4 powerpc retro computing tiger vintage mac
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    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  2. MacsAre1

    G3

    Anyone else see the irony that now that Apple is discontinuing support for Intel Macs, with Mac OS going forward being back to running only on RISC based processors, Intel now has a G3 processor? The next question is going to be whether they will ever get a G5 in a laptop. 😉
  3. watermark_hd

    AquaLink — SMB2/3 client for PowerPC Tiger/Leopard (mounts modern NAS shares in Finder)

    Hi all, I've been working on getting my old iBook G4 (Tiger 10.4.11) talking to a modern SMB3 NAS, and wanted to share the result in case it's useful to anyone else here. The problem: Tiger/Leopard's built-in Samba stack only speaks SMB1, and modern NAS boxes, Windows 11, and current macOS...
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    Pantheon - Native AI client for PowerPC Macs (Mac OS X 10.4+)

    Hello everyone. This is a proud, but also daunting moment for me, as I’ve never done this before. Today I’m releasing an app I have been working on for a few weeks, Pantheon. I am a collector and tinkerer of Apple computers dating from 1998 – 2006. My long-suffering wife will never understand...
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    • app artificial intelligence powerpc
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    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
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    Wayland on macOS PowerPC

    I am getting this to a somewhat usable shape. Wayland terminal emulator (foot), wayland image viewer (swayimg), basic support for EGL via Mesa. Gonna push updates to PPCPorts tonight, please try and let me know if it works for you.
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    mpv: latest release with native GUI and gpu-next

    Native cocoa GUI, app bundle, full screen, gpu-next vo (libplacebo with GL2), ffmpeg 8, altivec support in dav1d and libvpx
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    I Book G3 Tangerine Model With upside down apple logo - Getting the best possible upgrades and finding the best selling price in central united states

    hello, so i have an I Book Tangerine model with the upside apple logo when Steve job made it the wrong way before he fixed it. its still got the working screen before the rotting has even thought about started even thought about started to yellow the screen its self. none of the plastics are...
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    • battery battery capacity clamshell ibook ibook g3 powerpc powerpc g3 ssd tangerine wifi & bluetooth
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
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    Locking the cache for a memory region in OSX/ppc

    Hello, I'm aware this question might be very specific. I would like to use the PPC capabilities to lock the cache for a particular memory region (this involves supervisor-only ppc instructions). Do you know of any interface ever made for that in usermode that doesn't require me to use kexts?
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    Bobcat: modern terminal emulator on macOS PowerPC

    I got this working, finally. Installable from PPCPorts, as usual. Likely 10.6-only.
  10. Appleuser201

    S60tube YouTube Method no longer working at all

    This is the primary way I watched YT on low end G4s and it was easily the best way. Id go to s60tube website and search for a video and click watch online or copy and paste the link into VLC and bam, I could stream 360p YouTube on a 700mhz eMac running Panther (and on other Macs running Tiger or...
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    How to get an official key from iStat Menus 3

    Hello everyone (sorry if my English is not very clear, because I use a translator) Many of us are familiar with IStat menu 3 Which allows you to see the temperature and other information on the health of our PowerMacs. It is quite easy to find for download, but is not yet 15 days without a key...
  12. jktwice

    PowerPC Hardware Survey

    Hello! I decided to put together a survey to determine what kind of hardware active users of PowerPC machines use. It should only take a minute to complete and goes through some basic questions about what machine you mostly use and why. Hopefully with this info the community can have a clearer...
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    • mac mac 10.4 mac 10.5 powerpc survey
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
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    I have fixed Rust for powerpc (via mrustc, but it works with real apps now)

    Looks like I got it working (beyond a toy example). This is still via mrustc, but it serves the purpose. Here is as-tree port:
  14. eitanharlev

    My theories on why Apple's software quality has degraded so much.

    The Haus of Apple OS: How a Thousand Paper cuts killed “It Just Works” There’s an old saying: Apple has money. They have more than enough money. But what money cannot buy—at least not directly—is time, discipline, and humility. And those are exactly what Apple’s operating systems are missing...
  15. smnbldwn

    Outlook/Office on PPC Macs

    I am still using my PBG4 running Leopard quite a lot and it is a lovely computer to use. I am still able to access my gmail-based emails quite easily but the outlook based ones (Hotmail - I am old) don't work anymore either in Mail LepWK or the last PPC version of TBird or in Aquafox as webmail...
  16. victor.muc

    PowerBook G4 Titanium – both hinges suddenly seized up, can’t open display

    Hi everyone, I’m running into a really strange problem with my PowerBook G4 Titanium (Mercury, 2001) and I haven’t found anything quite like it. The machine has been working perfectly for months. I’ve always opened the display very carefully, slowly and with both hands. 4 days ago, while I...
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    • hinge hinges mac macintosh powerbook powerbook g4 powerpc stiff hinge
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
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    Mac mini g4 thermal pad size?

    Hi, I need to service my mac mini g4. I was going to replace the thermal pad. Does anyone a) know the size needed b) recommend any particular brand? Thanks!
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    PPCPorts: the only ports you ever need on a PowerPC

    I think it is about time to make this more explicit: if you use 10.5.8 or 10.6.8 on some PowerPC hardware, consider switching to PPCPorts. Compatibility with MacPorts is retained, but more stuff actually works (not only development tools, but also GUI apps, multimedia etc.). Basic info is on...
  19. kahunalx

    A small victory for my PowerMac G4 MDD and Linux - Acceleration!

    Hello everyone, I've been working on getting decent hardware 2D/3D acceleration and video decoding on my PowerMac G4 MDD. My goal is to keep the stock Radeon 9000 PRO AGP card for OS 9, macOS X, and MorphOS, while using a newer PCI card for Linux. After testing several NVIDIA cards with little...
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    • arch debian graphics acceleration linux powermac powerpc ppc
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
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    How did they make the change between processors without a hitch?

    Here's a quote from an Apple Insider article: "They both pulled off an immensely complex move of processors — with Jobs taking Apple from PowerPC to Intel — and both did it so well that it's easy to forget what a task it was." What would this task entail? How did they do it so well?
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