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    iMac G3 Review in 2020/2021 "Guide"

    I am honestly shocked. I keep reading forums and articles that say the G3 is significantly worse than other PowerPC's and underpowered for even basic tasks these days (internet in particular). I just want to put something out there that's fully up to date and says otherwise. My machine has a 400...
  2. 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
  3. macnerd93

    Trying to find a cooling fan for my G4 Cube

    Hi all, So I got my G4 Cube onto my desk the other day (after spending around a year on a shelf on display) she’s now setup with Mac OS. 9.2.2 and OS X Jaguar as a working computer and it actually works great with my FireWire 400 capture box And Final Cut Pro Version 3. Something my 15 inch MBP...
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    • case fan cooling cooling fan fan g4 cube powerpc system vintage mac
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  4. ultrasaw

    Which version of OS X for a decked out 300mhz G3 Clamshell? (10.2, 10.3, 10.4)

    Hi, new to the forums here so my apologies of this is something that's already been discussed at length. I'm getting my hands on an iBook G3 Clamshell, the original 300mhz model specifically. I'm already decided on the idea of running OS X alongside or outright instead of OS 9 on this machine...
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    • clamshell ibook ibook clamshell jaguar mac os x jaguar mac os x panther os x 10.2 os x 10.3 panther powerpc
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  5. M

    ATI GPUs - PowerMac G4 to run modern Debian and Leopard

    Hello! I have this PowerMac G4 and I wrote about it not long ago, but now a new chapter is being made for it an that's for upgrades, but now I'm in a situation figuring out which FireGL x3 card will work in it or what to do if a FireGL x3 isn't an option. I divided this into several sections...
    • MicroTecture
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    • agp firegl flashing gpu help powermac g4 agp powerpc powerpc linux radeon
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  6. macnerd93

    iMac G3 DV Compact Flash Hard Drive upgrade

    Given that the iMac G3 should be a pretty quiet computer given that its fanless and convection cooled the hard drive noise in mine is actually annoying me quite a bit tbh. I upgraded the drive a good few years back to an 80GB 7200RPM IDE . It works fine performance wise, but can’t help but...
  7. LimeiBook86

    Rescuing a dumped Power Macintosh G3 All-In-One ("Molar Mac") - who else has one?

    Hello everyone! This past weekend I had quite an adventure in a rescue attempt to secure a rare Power Macintosh G3 All-In-One machine. I made a video about it which I think you would enjoy. But this trip got me thinking... who else still has one of these sitting around? What do you use it...
  8. Z

    The Void Linux Wiki

    Void Linux is an alternative operating system to Debian, OpenBSD, and Mac OS X on the PowerPC platform. It is an independent distribution free from dependency of any other OS. It is also a stability-focused rolling release, which means that all packages are not only always fresh and new, but...
    • z970
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    • guide linux powerpc void wiki
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  9. Thezachary

    I cannot get my iMac G4 to run Leopard

    I have a iMac g4 running tiger(10.4.11) and I can’t get it to run leopard. I’ve tried everything: booting from usb solicits an error message that I have to force shutdown my computer. It doesn’t read the dvd and simply ejects it. I even tried partitioning the disk and mounting one partition as...
    • Thezachary
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    • imac imacg4 macos10.4 macos10.5 macosleopard macostiger macosx powerpc
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  10. Thezachary

    iMac G5 unresolved kernel trap

    A few days ago, I tried to restore the hard drive of my iMac G5 from an install disk - while it was running off of the hard drive. I quickly realized my mistake when letters literally started disappearing from the screen. when I try to turn it on, it gets stuck on the Apple logo with the loading...
  11. 2tmb

    Battery for PowerBook G4 titanium mercury (500mhz)

    I have a PowerBook G4 titanium mercury 500mhz, but the battery for it is dead. Because of this, whenever I want to use it I have to keep it plugged into the wall, unlike a traditional laptop. I recently updated it to macOS 10.4 tiger, and put a bunch of emulators on it, so I think it’s finally...
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    • m6091 powerbook g4 powerpc replacement battery
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  12. macwant

    Buying an OS X Leopard DVD

    I recently discovered MacRumors has a pretty active PowerPC community. My first Mac was a 2005 iMac G5 and I’ve held onto it all these years. I’ve decided I’d like to do a clean install of the last supported OS (Leopard 10.5). Couple of questions. 1) If I buy a 10.5 install disk, I’m assuming...
  13. christiann

    Where can I get a free iMac, iBook, Mac Mini, eMac, any PowerPc Apple Computer?

    Hi all, Ive been looking for an iMac, or an iBook, Mac Mini, any PowerPc Apple Computer for free and no luck. I’ve contacted eWaste places.. tried Facebook, Craigslist, Letgo, Offerup, Freecycle, and now I am frustrated from looking OVER a year. I am in the Southern California area, where can I...
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    • apple emac free freeapple freepowerpc ibook imac mac powerpc ppc
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  14. christiann

    iBook G3 Snow, complete upgrade to PowerPC G4, superdrive, 512 MB RAM upgrade.

    Hi. I have an iBook G3 Snow a Dual Usb, and I bought a Motorola 7410 to upgrade it to. I also bought 512 MB RAM to get rid of the current 64 Mb RAM. I am also interested in buying a SuperDrive. Here are my questions: -How do I perform the upgrade from a G3 to a G4.. I’ve seen people do it...
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    • 10.0.3 7410 cheetah ibook macos motorola powerpc ppc ppc3
    • Replies: 65
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
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    What is the best PowerPC Mac that matches these requirements?

    What is the best PowerPC Mac that: Is an all-in-one Supports 10.5 (I don't care about 9)
  16. alex_free

    I’ve Ported IOQuake3 To OpenBSD/macppc 6.7

    IOQuake3 is an open source Quake 3 engine for many platforms. It supports PPC/Intel Mac OS X, BSD, Linux, and many other platforms. For the *BSD’s, PowerPC was never supported. I’ve figured out how to get it to work however, and thanks to Macintosh Garden free hosting a compiled package and...
  17. Tymscar

    Resolved Cry for help. Powerbook G4 wont boot Tiger

    Just got this Powerbook G4 (A1138) and it came with 10.5 on it. The reason why I bought it was to experiment with Tiger as I never had the chance before and I wanted to use Classic mode on it as well! Now where the problems start: the dvd drive is completely broken. I watched a couple of videos...
    • Tymscar
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    • 10.4 a1138 cant boot freeze frozen osx powerbook g4 powerpc stuck tiger
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  18. B

    Best Video Codec for a retired iBook G4?

    Hello community, what is the best video codec for an iBook G4? My little girl is about to use it to watch Peppa. ? The top priority is battery life (before file size and quality). I tried Xvid with VLC so far, works fine, but I'd be interested in more streamlined solutions if any. Any H.264...
  19. R

    Help removing optical drive from G4?

    I'm in the process of opening up a G4 for an SSD replacement. Never done this before. I started with the obvious iFixit article, and where it fell short, headed to Youtube. However, I seem to be stuck at the step where I need to remove the optical drive; I've opened the base and removed exactly...
    • Riku7
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    • imac g4 optical drive powerpc teardown upgrade
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  20. Appleuser201

    PowerUOC - TenFourFox Web Browser Project For The New Decade

    Who’s ready for a new refreshed browsing experience for ppc based macs? On an earlier thread, someone mentioned the name PowerFox would be a good iceweaselppc name replacement as Iceweasel was the Debian version of Firefox and is trademarked. That got me thinking about a new tenfourfox based...
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