Post Your PowerPC Setup

[eyoungren]

Quad Core G5. Six displays.

Streaming Drone Zone (SomaFM) through the stereo system whilst iPad streams the same to the harmon/kardon loudspeaker.

iTunes 4.0.

Calendar by the speaker is courtesy of Dave Walsh Creative in Birmingham England.

Just updating…

 

[Lil Chillbil]

 

[thefriendshipmachine]

Quad Core G5. Six displays.

Streaming Drone Zone (SomaFM) through the stereo system whilst iPad streams the same to the harmon/kardon loudspeaker.

iTunes 4.0.

Calendar by the speaker is courtesy of Dave Walsh Creative in Birmingham England.

Just updating…

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It looks so nice. I did not know others still enjoy powerpc devices until I discovered these forums from google!

 

[eyoungren]

It looks so nice. I did not know others still enjoy powerpc devices until I discovered these forums from google!

Yep, been using a PowerPC Mac at home in one form or another since 2001. On these forums since 2011. Welcome to the forum!

 

[Slix]

Got home from college this weekend, so I moved my MDD back to my dad's house, and set it up on the big desk next to some of my other iMacs (and the iMac G4 on the previous page is to the left of the 4 iMac G3s). (Also, here is my original post with this desk's setup! https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/new-desk-for-imacs.2034414/)

I really gotta get the iMacs here all working properly this summer. Some of them don't have great sounding hard drives...

 

[Altemose]

@eyoungren Are you no longer running the QuickSilver?

 

[eyoungren]

@eyoungren Are you no longer running the QuickSilver?

It's been retired. Too many issues. @bunnspecial gets it whenever I can send it to him (I'm keeping the Dual Sonnet).

I have three G5s now, one of which is a Quad with 12GB of ram. Still have the same drives though in the Quad. One 1TB HD (my boot volume), one 4TB HD (my secondary drive) and two 1TB HDs via a USB 2.0 dock. The Quad has a Radeon XT1900 (I kept the six displays) and my 2.3Ghz Dual has an NVIDIA Quadro FX.

Click on the link for the displays in my signature to see the Quad.

 

[Altemose]

It's been retired. Too many issues. @bunnspecial gets it whenever I can send it to him (I'm keeping the Dual Sonnet).

I have three G5s now, one of which is a Quad with 12GB of ram. Still have the same drives though in the Quad. One 1TB HD (my boot volume), one 4TB HD (my secondary drive) and two 1TB HDs via a USB 2.0 dock. The Quad has a Radeon XT1900 (I kept the six displays) and my 2.3Ghz Dual has an NVIDIA Quadro FX.

Click on the link for the displays in my signature to see the Quad.

I really like that setup!

 

[eyoungren]

Kind of liking the new wallpaper.

Yeah…T-Mobile!

 

[djmckillertom]

I finally have a (somewhat) decent looking PPC setup to show off!

On the left is a Snow Summer 2001 G3 iMac. 600 MHz G3 processor, 384 MB RAM (upgraded from 256), 40 GB hard drive, 4x CD-RW, running 10.4.11. I have it booted to Classic quite frequently to play Munchies and Sim City 2000.

On the right is a Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet). 400 MHz G4, 640 MB RAM (upgraded from 64), 20 GB hard drive, 5X DVD-ROM, Zip drive, running 10.4.6 currently but I plan to change that to 10.2.8. I don't really do much with this one, mostly have it for nostalgic purposes.

I also have an original Bondi Blue iMac G3 (possibly revision A, I would have to double check on that) and an Indigo Early 2001 iMac G3. Those are currently in storage, but I plan on adding them to my collection as soon as I can.

I have the same iMac but mine needs a new cd drive and the mouse and keyboard and the machine survived from humdity when i got it! and can't wait to use it and sorry the picture is not the best but here is it my Snow iMac (600mhz Summer 2001)

 

[djmckillertom]

I have the same iMac but mine needs a new cd drive and the mouse and keyboard and the machine survived from humdity when i got it! and can't wait to use it and sorry the picture is not the best but here is it my Snow iMac (600mhz Summer 2001)View attachment 705733

Here's more pictures of my Snow iMac

 

[eyoungren]

My boss was kind enough to allow me to take home one of the computer tables that I have used at work for the last 13 years.

For the first time this has enabled me to put all six displays in-line on the desk.

Take a look!

 

[eyoungren]

The 2.3Ghz Dual Core G5 after ram upgrade.

 

[Gamer9430]

I Present: "The Setup- August 2017"

Shown above is my entire setup.

Shown above is my main desk, featuring two Dell E198WFP 1440x900 monitors and a Lenovo l24q-20 1440p monitor. Also shown is my IBM Model M, Apple USB Keyboard with Numeric Keypad, Mighty Mouse, Apple USB Keyboard, two Apple Pro Mice, Apple Pro keyboard, Harmon/Kardon Satellite speakers, AirPort Extreme WirelessN router, Logitech G300s mouse, and the rare Apple IIGS ADB Keyboard. On top of the G5 charging is my collection of early iPhones, consisting of an iPhone 2G, 2 iPhone 3Gs, and 2 iPhone 3GSes, as well as a Galaxy S III.

Shown above is my Dell Optiplex 755 SFF, PowerMac G4 Cube with 450MHz G4 and speakers, PowerMac G4 QuickSilver 2002ED with 1.6GHz Sonnet G4, dual 2.3GHz Early 05 PowerMac G5, my (soon to be upgraded) custom built AMD FX-6300 PC with a GTX 1070 GPU, and my 2006 Mac Pro 1,1 flashed to a 2,1 with dual 2.66GHz Quad-Core Xeon CPUs and a GTX 970 GPU.

Shown above is another angle of my main desk.

Shown above is my side desk and video game shelf.

Shown above is another angle of the side desk, better showing off the video game bookshelf.

Shown above is my Macintosh SE, my 24in 2006 iMac, another Apple Extended USB keyboard with Numeric Keypad, Magic Mouse 1, Early 2011 MacBook Pro 13in with a 2.4GHz i5, Macintosh 512ke with 2MB MacSnap RAM upgrade and MacSnap SCSI interface, Sony STR-DE875 A/V Receiver, LLOYD's Solid State Stereo 8 8-Track player, and a pair of Creative Audio Cambridge SoundWorks satellite speakers.

Here is the second part to my side desk and my video game bookshelf. Shown above is my Nintendo Entertainment System and games, Nintendo 64 and games, Nintendo GameCube and games, Nintendo Wii and games, Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite and games, and Sony PlayStation 4 and games.

Shown above is my 1GHz 17in iMac G4, another Apple USB keyboard, another Apple Pro Mouse, 2nd Generation iPod with touch wheel, 4th Generation Apple TV, and Samsung 24in Smart TV.

Lastly, shown above is my Power Macintosh 8500/120 with 400MHz Sonnet G4 and PLANAR 1024x768 monitor. Un-pictured is my Apple Extended Keyboard II which connects to the 8500, my 2007 15in MacBook Pro 3,1 with a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, Mid 2012 15in MacBook Pro with High Resolution Anti-Glare display and 2.7GHz i7, as well as the rest of my collection which is either setup elsewhere or stored in my closet.



So that is my setup, consisting of 14 (12 pictured) different computers, all setup and fully functional. I just got my new 1440p Lenovo monitor a couple days ago and I LOVE it. Also planning to upgrade my FX-6300 PC to either a Intel i7-7820X or equivalent AMD Threadripper CPU. Also, being that this is "Post your PowerPC Setup", I have 5 PowerPC Macs in this setup (PowerMac G4 Cube, PowerMac G4 QuickSilver, PowerMac G5, iMac G4, and Power Macintosh 8500).

 

[fhall1]

but it's not August 2017 yet - unless you have a time machine (of the H.G. Wells variety) Great setup BTW.

 

[Gamer9430]

but it's not August 2017 yet - unless you have a time machine (of the H.G. Wells variety) Great setup BTW.

In 6 days it will be . And unless something happens, I don’t plan on getting or losing any computers in my room in that time LOL. Also, thanks

 

[iModFrenzy]

I've wanted to post a setup shot for a bit so here we are:
PowerBook G4 12" 1.5ghz
PowerBook G4 15" 1.25ghz

Rest of my setup consists of Intel Macs/Hackintosh:
MacBook Air 2015 i5 1.6
MacBook Pro Mid-2010 13"
iMac 2007 20"
Dell Pro(Dell T3500)

My iBook G4 has a broken keyboard cable, so I didn't include it as it stays in my drawer most of the time.

I'll get some desktop PPC Macs eventually(like usual, this thread motivates me to more), but this is it for now

 

[raymanster]

I Present: "The Setup- August 2017"

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Very impressive, great setup.

 

[macgeek18]

I Present: "The Setup- August 2017"

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Shown above is my entire setup.

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Shown above is my main desk, featuring two Dell E198WFP 1440x900 monitors and a Lenovo l24q-20 1440p monitor. Also shown is my IBM Model M, Apple USB Keyboard with Numeric Keypad, Mighty Mouse, Apple USB Keyboard, two Apple Pro Mice, Apple Pro keyboard, Harmon/Kardon Satellite speakers, AirPort Extreme WirelessN router, Logitech G300s mouse, and the rare Apple IIGS ADB Keyboard. On top of the G5 charging is my collection of early iPhones, consisting of an iPhone 2G, 2 iPhone 3Gs, and 2 iPhone 3GSes, as well as a Galaxy S III.

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Shown above is my Dell Optiplex 755 SFF, PowerMac G4 Cube with 450MHz G4 and speakers, PowerMac G4 QuickSilver 2002ED with 1.6GHz Sonnet G4, dual 2.3GHz Early 05 PowerMac G5, my (soon to be upgraded) custom built AMD FX-6300 PC with a GTX 1070 GPU, and my 2006 Mac Pro 1,1 flashed to a 2,1 with dual 2.66GHz Quad-Core Xeon CPUs and a GTX 970 GPU.

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Shown above is another angle of my main desk.

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Shown above is my side desk and video game shelf.

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Shown above is another angle of the side desk, better showing off the video game bookshelf.

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Shown above is my Macintosh SE, my 24in 2006 iMac, another Apple Extended USB keyboard with Numeric Keypad, Magic Mouse 1, Early 2011 MacBook Pro 13in with a 2.4GHz i5, Macintosh 512ke with 2MB MacSnap RAM upgrade and MacSnap SCSI interface, Sony STR-DE875 A/V Receiver, LLOYD's Solid State Stereo 8 8-Track player, and a pair of Creative Audio Cambridge SoundWorks satellite speakers.

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Here is the second part to my side desk and my video game bookshelf. Shown above is my Nintendo Entertainment System and games, Nintendo 64 and games, Nintendo GameCube and games, Nintendo Wii and games, Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite and games, and Sony PlayStation 4 and games.

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Shown above is my 1GHz 17in iMac G4, another Apple USB keyboard, another Apple Pro Mouse, 2nd Generation iPod with touch wheel, 4th Generation Apple TV, and Samsung 24in Smart TV.

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Lastly, shown above is my Power Macintosh 8500/120 with 400MHz Sonnet G4 and PLANAR 1024x768 monitor. Un-pictured is my Apple Extended Keyboard II which connects to the 8500, my 2007 15in MacBook Pro 3,1 with a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, Mid 2012 15in MacBook Pro with High Resolution Anti-Glare display and 2.7GHz i7, as well as the rest of my collection which is either setup elsewhere or stored in my closet.



So that is my setup, consisting of 14 (12 pictured) different computers, all setup and fully functional. I just got my new 1440p Lenovo monitor a couple days ago and I LOVE it. Also planning to upgrade my FX-6300 PC to either a Intel i7-7820X or equivalent AMD Threadripper CPU. Also, being that this is "Post your PowerPC Setup", I have 5 PowerPC Macs in this setup (PowerMac G4 Cube, PowerMac G4 QuickSilver, PowerMac G5, iMac G4, and Power Macintosh 8500).

Dang, And I thought my setup was nuts.

 

[AphoticD]

I found some old "workstation" photos from my early Mac collections...

Jan 1st, 2000 - Happy new millennium!
Beige beauties and a borrowed clamshell iBook.

- LC II 68030 @ 16Mhz, maxed out to 10MB RAM. At one stage I installed Debian/68k on this little pizza box. I installed an LC PDS 10bT ethernet card to get it online. One time I decided to make a slimmed down Linux kernel and from what I remember, it took a few days to compile from source.

- Power Macintosh 7100 PowerPC 601 @ 66Mhz with 40MB RAM. It looks like I added an extra SCSI HDD, replacing the floppy drive. This was the first Mac I ever owned. From what I recall, this was my internet gateway machine in this setup. I think it had Mac OS 8.6 installed and I had it dialing a 56k modem, running IPNetRouter for internet sharing/IP forwarding/masquerading over both Ethernet and Localtalk.

- 2x Power Macintosh 7220 (4400 in other countries) PowerPC 603ev @ 200Mhz. Both were maxed out to 160MB RAM. One of the units can be seen here running Linux/PPC of some description, which I used to run apache web server and my Hotline (hxd) server. I had Mac-On-Linux running on this machine too. The other was my Mac OS 8.6 daily driver for Photoshop, Illustrator and Quark Xpress.

- Macintosh Plus 68000 @ 8Mhz - Maxed out to 4MB RAM. I recall I had it running System 7.1, because 7.5.x was a slug. I had this networked over localtalk and was able to access file shares and run a telnet / SSH session, using the little 9" B&W screen as a traditional "terminal" (Curly-cable keyboard included).

The clamshell iBook G3 was an Indigo @ 366Mhz, it wasn't mine, but I liked it

Not long after this, I packed up and left home, off on a big adventure...


July 16th, 2002 - The collection was to be rebuilt.
After 18 months of traveling and working, I returned home. Dusted off my Macs I had stored away and began rebuilding the collection.

The machines to survive the cull were the LC II, one of the 7220/200's and the 7100/66. The new monitor was a beauty and my graphic design and web development work continued with this setup.


September 9th, 2002 - "The collection" became "The addiction".
Fast-forward 2 months... I don't think I saw much sunlight during this period of my life!

Most people who had accumulated some savings at this point would have gone out and just bought a new computer. Not me though...

Let's see what we can spot!

- Blue & White G3/350Mhz - My pride and joy at the time. It was a speed demon on Mac OS 8.6 (my preferred classic Mac OS) and it ripped through Photoshop and InDesign jobs like a wizard.

- Power Macintosh 6100/66 DOS compatible under the desk.. Possibly running Windows 98? I can't quite recall, but I did use mostly PC emulators for testing websites in "IE".

- Power Macintosh 8500/180 AV (on the floor) PowerPC 604e with 96MB of RAM. This was an absolute gorgeous machine inside and out.

- 2x Power Macintosh 7220/200 - I loved these so much I bought another, which I ended up giving to a friend who used it as a full-time DAW running Pro-Tools FREE. The unit I kept ended up receiving a super expensive Sonnet L2 G3 400Mhz/1MB cache upgrade card which brought it up to near-equal speed with the B&W G3. I also put in a PCI 3dfx Voodoo 3D graphics card (who remembers those?) to run Unreal / UT like a wizard.

- Power Macintosh 7600/200 AV upgraded with a 450Mhz G3 Sonnet card. 512MB RAM and a Rage 128 graphics card. This was a mighty Mac and one my all time favourites.

- Power Macintosh 7200/120 PC Compatible (100Mhz) - PowerPC 601 with a DOS card for running Mac and Windows. 64MB of RAM.

- Power Macintosh 7100/66 - Upgraded with a G3 NuBus card running at 266Mhz - this upgrade card was a very rare find and it boosted my first Mac up to being quite usable in my design setup.

- Power Macintosh 6100/60 - This became my internet gateway/firewall, running mkLinux.

- LC II running Debian/68k - Not exactly usable, but a proof of concept that a 16Mhz '030 could run a modern (at the time) Linux operating system.

- LC III 25Mhz of raw '030 power. I can't remember what I did with this one...


June 13th, 2004 - The Minimalist.
Another 18 months later...

Everything was culled. I had my own studio apartment and I bought a second hand 12" iBook G3 800Mhz with 640MB RAM, at which point I finally conceded "Classic" Mac OS defeat and moved across to Mac OS X.

I also bought a brand new iPod (20GB) with what I had left over... The little MP3 player with no hope of gaining traction.


That was 13 years ago now.. I can imagine most of those Macs which I nurtured and cared for so fondly have all gone to landfill heaven by now.

 

[Dronecatcher]

I found some old "workstation" photos from my early Mac collections...

Amazing I remember back then, you could pick those machines up for pennies on ebay - people couldn't give them away.
I totally understand the move & minimalise ethos....doesn't last long though

 

[AphoticD]

Amazing I remember back then, you could pick those machines up for pennies on ebay - people couldn't give them away.
I totally understand the move & minimalise ethos....doesn't last long though

It was a great time for PowerPC collectors. If I had a consistent living/working arrangement back then, I would have wanted to keep them all. But circumstances required a culling and like all collectors (hoarders?) there comes a time when the possessions own you and you spend more time thinking (and worrying) about your collection and how you're going to make it bigger and better, than just enjoying what you've got.

Yes, I'm up to 8 PowerPC Macs in my current collection (which started late '16). My rule for the current collection is "No plastic Macs" and I feel the collection is mostly complete... *ahem* well, maybe there's room for "Just one more..."

 

[128keaton]

It was a great time for PowerPC collectors. If I had a consistent living/working arrangement back then, I would have wanted to keep them all. But circumstances required a culling and like all collectors (hoarders?) there comes a time when the possessions own you and you spend more time thinking (and worrying) about your collection and how you're going to make it bigger and better, than just enjoying what you've got.

Yes, I'm up to 8 PowerPC Macs in my current collection (which started late '16). My rule for the current collection is "No plastic Macs" and I feel the collection is mostly complete... *ahem* well, maybe there's room for "Just one more..."

What was that first big adventure?

 

[AphoticD]

What was that first big adventure?

I was 17 and decided to buy a one-way, interstate train ticket... Off into the world and away from the cozy confines of my Mac cave. I was broke, jobless, without credentials and didn't really know anybody. But somehow, I managed to keep on my feet and eventually landed a desktop publishing job based on my Mac skills, with no references or degrees. The rest as they say is history...

 

[128keaton]

I was 17 and decided to buy a one-way, interstate train ticket... Off into the world and away from the cozy confines of my Mac cave. I was broke, jobless, without credentials and didn't really know anybody. But somehow, I managed to keep on my feet and eventually landed a desktop publishing job based on my Mac skills, with no references or degrees. The rest as they say is history...

Sounds like it worked out.