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  1. 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
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    • combo drive ibook imac imac g3 mac mini power mac powerbook powermac powerpc superdrive
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  2. 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
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    • 600mhz apple graphite imac imac g3 powerpc ppc system system install system restore
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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
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    • clamshell ibook clamshell powerpc
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  8. 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...
  9. 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"...
  10. 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
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    • 10.5.8 color correction final cut studio powerbook g4 powerpc
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  11. bobesch

    Streaming internet-radio on PPC (os9/OS X)

    Last night I discovered, that all my internet-radio streaming links were broken and didn't work with iTunes 10 on my 12" PowerBook anymore. Searching for another web-radio streaming app I was lucky to find "FStream". You will find the latest version to work with PPC/Leopard&Tiger via Wayback...
    • bobesch
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    • airtunes fstream leopard music os9 powerpc streaming tiger
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  12. sibby

    Powerbook G4 PowerPC won't boot up - diagnostics/advice please?

    Hi guys, I have a friend with a PowerBook G4 15" / PowerBook5,8, PowerPC G4 (1.5), 1.67Ghz. It's obviously old, but was refurbed 3 years ago and has functioned well for their needs, but I understand the battery has been terrible for a year - holding only seconds of charge and requiring the AC...
    • sibby
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    • battery battery dead broken diagnostics powerbook powerbook g4 powerpc won't boot
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  13. MacSoftware3

    Newer version VLC?

    Hi everyone, I was wondering if it isn't possible to compile a newer version of VLC (with support for playing YouTube) on an older version of Mac OS X (10.4.11+). If that's possible, how can someone start with doing that? I was wondering this because we also have TenFourFox running on 10.4.11...
  14. MacSoftware3

    Got a G5 Quad!

    Hi everyone, yesterday, I got myself a PowerMac G5 Quad. It had a 1TB hard drive, and I upgraded the RAM to 8GB. The graphics card is a Geforce 6600 (Default as far as I know). I am really suprised how smooth this machine is running Leopard, compared to my PowerMac G4 MDD (DP 867MHz, a lot...
  15. AdamBuker

    Final Cut Studio. Run Color on Powerbook G4

    Longtime lurker, first-time poster. I was wondering if anyone here still uses a powerpc mac for any kind of video editing. I use a PowerBook G4 1.67 early '05 and have just installed Final Cut Studio 2 and would like to see if there is a workaround for running Color on my PowerBook. It only has...
    • AdamBuker
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    • color final cut studio powerbook g4 powerpc video editing
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  16. J

    Beige G3 Upgrade Project

    Well after my successful restoration of my $3 PPC G5 mac I did a short while ago, I decided to take a crack at upgrading my "Limited Mac" G3 Beige Mini Tower from 1997 that I found back in 2016. This mac was STILL in it's 1997 stock configuration when I got it. CPU: 233 Mhz GPU: Onboard (no...
    • jm764
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    • beige beige g3 error powerpc upgrade usb
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  17. wicknix

    LMMS for PPC Leopard

    For those interested in making music i built LMMS 1.1.3 "stable" for Leopard. It's a little cpu hungry but runs fine on my iBook G4. If you've never heard of LMMS you can find more info @ https://lmms.io Download from here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0swufWcvcjlMjFYd1lwR2dyXzQ...
  18. L

    Network/Pentesting tools on PowerPC

    Being a Network engineer I never understood why Network/Cyber Security people or Pentesters always buy an expensive Macbook Pro and then completely ignore the BSD fundamentals and power of the Terminal. As most guides will tell you , to pentest you either need to install Kali Linux natively or...
    • Lastic
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    • networking osx 10.5 pentest powerpc ppc
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  19. asdfguy86

    PCI USB Card Compatibility Question

    Hello everyone. It's been a (very long) while since I've logged onto MacRumors, but I have a question regarding a PCI USB card. I have a PCI USB 2.0 card that is made by NEC and has an NEC chipset in it, and I was wondering will it or should it work in a Power Mac G4 MDD model? Everywhere I...
    • asdfguy86
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    • mdd g4 mdd powermac nec pci card pci usb card pci usb card mac os powermac powermac g4 powermac g4 mdd powerpc ppc g5
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  20. bobtheblock

    Boot disks for Power mac G4.

    Trying to reinstall mac osX tiger or 9.1 on my power mac G4. I don't have the original boot disks but was hoping someone could tell me where I could find the disk image? I have tiger on the power mac currently but want a fresh install. Any help is much appreciated.
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