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  1. B S Magnet

    A fun thread on the PowerPC’s longevity, durability, and performance for ongoing science work!

    We all could use a little reminder how PPC tech is still in use today and doing some pretty amazing stuff in 2019 and beyond. I'll start: PPC750 (G3) architecture is still in use today and performing admirably for key space science operations. The radiation-hardened version of the PPC750...
  2. Kliee

    PowerPC Challenge - Early 2019 Edition

    This might be a bit late for some, but here it is, the official thread of the Early 2019 PowerPC Challenge. This challenge has been thought of and organized by @Gamer9430 since the Winter 2017 on this forum. They have been great fun and very popular. Here are links to the previous editions...
    • Kliee
    • Thread
    • 2019 challenge powerpc powerpc challenge
    • Replies: 109
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  3. Kliee

    Upcoming PowerPC Challenge? Some new ideas

    Back a couple years, there was those PowerPC challenges organized semiannually. As I remember, the first of its kind was held from the first to the seventh of January. As the new year approaches, I was wondering if such a challenge was in preparation. I also have some ideas, that I wish to...
    • Kliee
    • Thread
    • ideas powerpc powerpc challenge
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  4. felipeerojasm

    PowerBook G4 Black Screen at startup

    Hi everyone! I'm new in the forum, but i've been following these threads for a long time. My name is Felipe, english isn't my first language, so I'm sorry if I make grammatical mistakes. First of all, i want to thank you all because of your great job keeping PowerPC macs alive! It doesn't matter...
  5. Appleuser201

    Google Hangouts, Instant messaging on a PPC mac?

    Hi, I am new to the forums and am thinking of buying an eMac G4 1.25ghz (with tiger installed) and an iMac G3 400mhz also with tiger installed from the same craigslist seller, $50 for both. Would I be able to use Google hangouts and gmail on them (using the TenFourFox browser)? Would messages...
  6. Appleuser201

    Anyone still use a PowerPC mac as their daily machine?

    Anyone out there still own and use a PowerPC Mac as their main daily driver? While PowerPC macs haven't been made since 2006, they still are to me personally a TRUE macintosh and not associated with that intel windows garbage. I know the PowerMac g5 machines are actually still decent in...
  7. mashburn4077

    PowerBook G4 won't power on

    I bought a 12" PB G4 (model A1010, 1.33 GHz) from eBay, and I'm having trouble getting it to boot. I bought a 3rd-party 65W adapter, which appears to charge the battery just fine - the indicators on the battery blink in sequence as the battery charges. However, nothing happens when I press the...
    • mashburn4077
    • Thread
    • dead powerbook g4 12" 1.33ghz powerpc powerpc troubleshooting
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  8. M

    Error: PowerPC Application No Longer Supported

    I found an old Zoo Tycoon game and tried to download and play it on my MacBook Pro, but after it installed the app's picture was crossed out and attempting to open the game resulted in the error: "You can't open the application 'Zoo Tycoon' because PowerPC applications are no longer supported."...
  9. AmazingHenry

    [UPDATE] The Tiger App Shop!

    UPDATE: I've decided to change this project and make it a Tiger app shop instead. Why? Off the top of my head, here's a list: Tiger is actually used on PowerPC Macs bc of performance. No one uses Panther for anything The website is guarenteed to display correctly on TenFourFox, and on top of...
  10. asdfguy86

    PowerMac G4 MDD GPU Issue?

    Hi all! My PowerMac G4 has been giving me a strange issue lately, and because of what it does I'm going to guess it's the fault of the graphics card. When I turn it on, it will make the chimes sound, the fans will turn on (not at full speed), the hard drive will start seeking like it normally...
    • asdfguy86
    • Thread
    • ati radeon 9000 gpu gpu problem graphics card powermac powermac g4 powermac g4 gpu powermac g4 mdd powerpc powerpc troubleshooting
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  11. MrAjarix

    iMac G3 Optical Drive Replacement

    Hey guys. I have an iMac g3 600MHz Graphite (slot loading) and am looking for a replacement optical drive. As is common with these computers, the optical drive stopped working a while back. I decided that instead of simply replacing it with another CD-RW drive, I would upgrade it to a combo...
    • MrAjarix
    • Thread
    • combo drive ibook imac imac g3 mac mini power mac powerbook powermac powerpc superdrive
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  12. MrAjarix

    iMac G3 Restore

    Hey guys, I want to restore my iMac G3 and have the original disks ('Software Restore' and 'Software Install'). Both have options to essentially install OS9. What is the difference between the 2 ways of doing it? Thanks
    • MrAjarix
    • Thread
    • 600mhz apple graphite imac imac g3 powerpc ppc system system install system restore
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  13. amagichnich

    ComputerBase: iMac G4 Retro Test

    German site ComputerBase has a section for "retro" computing called "Tested 15 years ago" where they highlight some of their test objects. It's published weekly on saturdays and this week they highlight the iMac G4 2003. If you speak (and read) german, see here...
  14. zoiko192

    PowerBook G4 does not start. PRAM Battery?

    Good afternoon, I recive the community of MacRumors to help me relive my old powerbook, I want to know if anyone has an idea of the reason for not starting, I have a powerbook G4 1.25Ghz 15 "(FW800 - Al) I've been this week trying to revive it and sometimes I'm lucky and it turns on the system...
  15. T

    iBook G4 battery recall?

    I recently purchased an iBook G4 off of eBay. The iBook itself is a very nice sorta retro computer, good for web browsing with TenFourFox too. However, the battery's serial number begins with 6C548, which is in the range of first-5-digits on this page...
  16. V

    Connecting an Original Airport Base Station(M5757) to my exsisting network

    TL;DR Can I incorporate an early model Airport Base Station into my current network setup by plugging it in to an empty LAN port? I picked up a G4 Cube that I've got back up and running perfectly. It's been a long journey to get this thing running too. I thrifted a Cube power supply for $5 one...
  17. HowieJ

    Clamshell iBook OS 8 restore

    Hi, I attempted to return my orange clamshell iBook running is 9.2.2 to its original state with the os restore / install discs os 8. Now on startup I get as far as a flash of the desktop and it shuts down. Same for booting from CD. Any thoughts?
    • HowieJ
    • Thread
    • clamshell ibook clamshell powerpc
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  18. JulienBerthelot

    Anyone installed sucessfully Mac OS X Server 1.0?

    I've been trying to install OS X Server 1.0 and OS X Server 1.2 without any luck. I am trying this on a white and blue G3, and each time it gives me something like: vector=3 memory access exception waiting for remote debugger connection. I don't really know why I get this error message... Has...
  19. Andropov

    Python 3.6 and matplotlib on PowerPC

    I installed Python 3.6 and matplotlib (along with numpy, scipy, etc) through MacPorts on my iMac G4 but importing matplotlib.pyplot crashes python: 192:~ Raul$ python3 Python 3.6.5 (default, Mar 29 2018, 15:41:19) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5577)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits"...
  20. AdamBuker

    Color Correction software for PPC

    Does anyone here have any recommendations for color correction software that's PPC compatible? I've tried getting Color from Final Cut Studio 2 to work on my early '05 Powerbook without any success.
    • AdamBuker
    • Thread
    • 10.5.8 color correction final cut studio powerbook g4 powerpc
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
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