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  1. tensixturtle

    Lots of problems! How to get started (from nothing) with Linux on PowerPC

    Hello, I apologize for my ignorance for this topic. I am trying to get Linux on my (New World) PowerPC Mac and am having an extremely hard time. I was trying Macbuntu but after burning the ISO to a DVD, I cannot boot from it by holding option at startup. I click on the disc but it will just...
  2. B

    i2p for PowerPC: likely we get it!

    Has anyone been able to build i2p and Signal for PowerPC? i2p has a version in C++ which in principle should build: https://i2pd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ GUI version requires Qt5, so unless someone either backports it to Qt4 or fixes Qt5 for ppc, we are out of luck...
  3. tensixturtle

    iMac G3 (Summer 2001) - Any Hope?

    Hello, I have a summer 2001 iMac G3 that I have no idea the background of. All I know is that it does not turn on. I have changed the PRAM battery and pushed the reset button on the logic board, and I have checked the trickle power which showed that the PSU isn't supplying enough power. I am...
  4. flatjuba

    Dropbox Alternative => CloudMe

    While I looked around for the Dropbox for my G4 machines (Powerbook G4 1.5, MDD 2 x 1Ghz & Powermac G4 1.2Ghz), since @Czo had stopped updating his Dropbox magic, I found two alternatives that can sync what I type in my Powerpc realm to the current world of two-way aunthentication. 1. I use...
    • flatjuba
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    • cloud cloudme dropbox powerbook powermac powerpc webdav
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  5. W

    Is it possible to upgrade the dual CPUs in a 450 MHz Graphite Gigabit Ethernet Power Mac G4?

    Hey all, I recently acquired a 2000 Graphite Gigabit Ethernet Power Mac G4 from an estate sale, and it came with the mouse, keyboard, monitor, and everything. It’s in very good condition, but the thing doesn’t power on right now because the clock battery inside of it is dead, so I’ve ordered a...
    • wry
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    • agp agp graphics card gigabit ethernet graphite motorola power mac power mac g4 power macintosh g4 powerpc powerpc g4
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  6. B

    How to customize Xcode 3.2–4.2 support of compilers?

    I have asked in Devepment section, but apparently no one gonna reply there since my question is related to PowerPC: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-to-customize-xcode-support-of-compilers.2332673 Thus asking here. I have a rather non-standard set up to build for PowerPC: 10.6 PPC...
  7. B

    Building with Macports for 10.6 PowerPC (10A190 and 10.6.8 Rosetta)

    This is a continuation of @kencu instructions here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/snow-leopard-on-unsupported-ppc-machines.2232031/page-45?post=30227761#post-30227761 Macports Guide: https://guide.macports.org/ [The post will keep being updated] I refactor the post in order to make it...
  8. B

    macOS How to customize Xcode support of compilers?

    I have a rather non-standard set up to build for PowerPC: 10.6 PPC (10A190) with Xcode 3.2 and 10.6.8 with Xcode 3.2, Xcode 3.2.6 and Xcode 4.2. There are two problems: 1. I have gcc10 and gcc11 built for PowerPC, however I don't know how to make Xcode see them. Same goes for Macports gcc6 and...
  9. pabloalcaraz

    Kernel Panic and Black Screen iMac G4 (No OS)

    Hi everyone, I have a iMac G4 that I change the HD, so now has a clean HD new. I changed the battery I switch on and does nothing, sometimes appears the logo and gets kernel panic, sometimes I enter to Open Firmware with "Invalid access memory" message. But the most cases is black screen. I...
    • pabloalcaraz
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    • black screen imac g4 invalid access memory kernel panic powerpc
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  10. B

    gcc11–gcc15 on 10.5.8, 10.6 PPC and 10.6.8 Rosetta (it works!)

    Mission [mostly] accomplished, we got a working gcc11 compiler on a PowerPC: Anyone who may want to make it build: 1. First build and install this branch of gcc10 using Apple native gcc42: https://github.com/iains/gcc-10-branch/tree/gcc-10-3-ppc 2. Using newly built gcc10, build gcc11...
  11. Mac03ForLife

    What PPC Mac to Buy?

    So I'm now in an interesting spot: My mom has reclaimed her PowerMac G5 as a end table (irreparably damaging the MB and other components when she stripped the case out). This leaves me with a Thinkpad P51 and a MBP2020. I would like a PPC Mac for nostalgia purposes but also as a dedicated word...
  12. Toni96pp

    Install OSX 10.4 on an iBook Clamshell without FireWire

    Hi everybody. I'm trying to restart a project I left a few years ago. The thing is I want to install OS X 10.4 on my unsupported iBook. I remember I did it a few years ago, but I don't remember how I did it and now I don't find the solution anywhere. I'd like to know 1) how to create a bootable...
  13. B

    Toast Titanium: which is the latest to run on PowerPC?

    I have found RTT v. 12 that claims to be universal, but it fails to install for me. Roxio website has nothing useful at all. (I happen to have licenses for v. 11 and v. 12, so only looking for the dmg or pkg of the app, provided either of these is the latest Universal one.)
  14. B

    macOS Is there an open-source replacement for ibtool?

    I looking for a way to either make modern XIB files readable on PowerPC with Xcode 3.2 or possibly some converter to run on Intel Mac to turn XIB into NIB or something else that Xcode 3.2 can understand and use in place of XIBs to build a project.
  15. PowebookMan

    Showing the “Prohibition” logo when I try to boot.

    I finally got my Powerbook G4 to boot off my USB, but it is showing the stop sign logo. Can someone please help me fix this? I just want leopard.
  16. M

    Best PCI Upgrades for a PowerMac G4

    Hello all, I decided to make this post here because I was interested in knowing what some of you have used in terms of PCI upgrades for a PowerMac G4 AGP. I have a PowerMac G4 Digital Audio with an upgraded GPU with no populated PCI cards at the moment. I'm wondering what would be some good...
    • MicroTecture
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    • pci powermac g4 powermac g4 agp powerpc powerpc g4 upgrade
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  17. Z

    What Can You Do With a PowerPC Mac?

    So with everyone always sharing what they've done with a PowerPC Mac recently, I thought I'd add a fitting companion into the mix. Although I've had the idea (and rudimentary contents) for making a relatively simple thread like this since April, it wasn't until I saw this guy on reddit that I...
    • z970
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    • 2021 can powerpc still usable useful useless what with a you do
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  18. juanstdio

    IBook G3 Clamshell : Restored and being revived

    Hello All! I wanted to share my latest victory with my first iBook G3. I bought it about 3 months ago in a local site (Mercadolibre, the Argentine Ebay), payed for it about $10 plus shipping. This pictures where in the post of the seller: it came in this state in a champagne box: No...
  19. M

    Resolved RESOLVED - Updated title: Leopard Kernel Panic w/7800 GS? - Original title: Which ROM? - The GeForce 7800 GS Flashing Adventure

    Hello! I am back at it again with the PowerMac G4 DA (Digital Audio), I got a compatible GPU upgrade coming in the mail soon. That GPU being the BFG Nvidia GeForce 7800 GS 256MB AGP GPU (BFGR78256GSOC). I looked around The Mac Elite Wiki and found that this very card is compatible and I saw...
    • MicroTecture
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    • 7800 gs flash bios nvflash nvidia powermac g4 agp powerpc powerpc g4
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  20. G

    AudioGridder PowerPC

    I was wondering if AudioGridder that is working since Lion could be made to work on our machines. Maybe VST is not directly compatible with VST 2 or 3, but AudioUnits are almost the same since Panther AFAIK. There maybe a coder is needed to wrap VSTs as VST2, but it is not needed for a pure...
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