It’s remarkably clean! No yellowing of keys, and all the white polycarbonate looks (mostly) free of cracks. Nice.
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It’s remarkably clean! No yellowing of keys, and all the white polycarbonate looks (mostly) free of cracks. Nice.
I turned on Internet Sharing due to a lack of ports on the "modern" router. That was easy! Tell me how this would be easy to do on any other device -- good luck!
It’s just as easy to turn on the hotspot feature on Android and iOS. *hides*
Today I looked at my Dual 1.8 PowerMac G5 in the basement and thought "Would be fun to mess with it, too bad I'm not carrying that boulder upstairs"
You are correct the hotspot feature is somewhat easy. Where do I plug in the ethernet cable on a phone?
I wouldn't be totally surprised if an USB-to-Ethernet adapter worked with an Android phone that has USB host functionality. I no longer have one of those to test though.
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So, since I've got some stuff done with my iBook G4 I would like to share my story. I love laptops and old videogames, few years ago I've started searching for an ultimate retro laptop. Bought quite a number of them to find the perfect one and succeeded in this crusade (it's Toshiba Satellite 2805-402). Since then I'm collecting unique laptops and laptops that will close niches which my ultimate one can't do.
I knew that some games took their origin from Apple computers and decided to get a laptop that can handle these classic games and some general ones, and this device, as you guess, is iBook G4. It can play classic games, general games and doesn't cost tons of money
Right now I'm downloading games like crazy and testing them. Alice, Fallout 2, Unreal, NOLF, Quake III, I'm so happy they all are working here and have native PPC versions!
As for classic stuff I've tried Myst. Despite I bought this game on every platform including Oculus Quest 2, I never played it. So I'm going to play it here, original 1993 version.
By the way, small question, to run these classic games like Myst and System Shock 1, OS 9 environment is launched. It's emulator, right? Not a cod translator like Rosetta 1 and 2? And what's the story behind this, Apple changed OS X dramatically so old stuff stopped working, while OS 7-8-9 was perfectly compatible?
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But a small portion of sadness also have its place in my story. Surprisingly there is no PPC Half-Life and, less surprisingly, there are no ultimate immersive sims from Looking Glass Studios Thief and Thief II. System Shock 2 is also not here... Though I'm happy to see Deus Ex!
Another thing that bothers me is sluggish performance of Diablo II. I've got three disk and OSX installer, the version is 1.10. First of all the game stutters, you walk and sometimes game freeze for a sec. Also it runs in 640x480 while game supports 800x600. I took a screenshot and its resolution is 640x. No idea what to do. This is a powerful laptop for this game and I'm playing native version...
I knew that some games took their origin from Apple computers and decided to get a laptop that can handle these classic games and some general ones, and this device, as you guess, is iBook G4. It can play classic games, general games and doesn't cost tons of money
Right now I'm downloading games like crazy and testing them. Alice, Fallout 2, Unreal, NOLF, Quake III, I'm so happy they all are working here and have native PPC versions!
As for classic stuff I've tried Myst. Despite I bought this game on every platform including Oculus Quest 2, I never played it. So I'm going to play it here, original 1993 version.
By the way, small question, to run these classic games like Myst and System Shock 1, OS 9 environment is launched. It's emulator, right? Not a cod translator like Rosetta 1 and 2? And what's the story behind this, Apple changed OS X dramatically so old stuff stopped working, while OS 7-8-9 was perfectly compatible?
--
But a small portion of sadness also have its place in my story. Surprisingly there is no PPC Half-Life and, less surprisingly, there are no ultimate immersive sims from Looking Glass Studios Thief and Thief II. System Shock 2 is also not here... Though I'm happy to see Deus Ex!
Another thing that bothers me is sluggish performance of Diablo II. I've got three disk and OSX installer, the version is 1.10. First of all the game stutters, you walk and sometimes game freeze for a sec. Also it runs in 640x480 while game supports 800x600. I took a screenshot and its resolution is 640x. No idea what to do. This is a powerful laptop for this game and I'm playing native version...
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There was going to be an official port, but it got canned because the multiplayer wasn't up to snuff. There's work done on a port of the Xash3D engine to I believe Tiger now, though, so there's that for a PPC Half-Life experience.
Which iBook G4 is it? If it's the original 2003 model or the early 2004 one, they can run Mac OS X Jaguar for the best Classic experience -- Panther introduced a new Classic that's less performant.
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Just monkeying around and figured i'd test out macproxy. It should probably be run on a better machine, but i just wanted to test os9 browsers in classic for this test on the powerbook. It requires python3 and pip3, so you'll need macports. After those are installed just enter the extracted macproxy directory and run:
Then execute it.
The terminal output will display the IP address and port to enter in to netscape/internet explorer etc's proxy settings.
I tested known https sites that don't work in safari, and they worked with these ancient browsers with this proxy.
Cheers
Code:
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Code:
$ python3 proxy.py --html-formatter html5 --port 5001I tested known https sites that don't work in safari, and they worked with these ancient browsers with this proxy.
Cheers
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A happy day for me!
Finally I built a working quad from parts from local craigslists. It took me 3 dead machines and half a year to build a working one and get a nice set of spares to keep it running for years to come.
Dropped in a samsung 850 evo ssd and installed Sorbet on it. Man, this beast is fast, hot and loud! Such an upgrade from my lovely g4 MDD and actually my first fully working g5.
Now I want to get a power cord and install a faster GPU (1950XT maybe) and full 16 gigs of RAM.
Finally I built a working quad from parts from local craigslists. It took me 3 dead machines and half a year to build a working one and get a nice set of spares to keep it running for years to come.
Dropped in a samsung 850 evo ssd and installed Sorbet on it. Man, this beast is fast, hot and loud! Such an upgrade from my lovely g4 MDD and actually my first fully working g5.
Now I want to get a power cord and install a faster GPU (1950XT maybe) and full 16 gigs of RAM.
Played Oni on my 12" PowerBook in Tiger's Classic mode. I love that game for it's brilliant mix of ranged and melee combat and played it a lot back in the day. Coming from Horizon: Zero Dawn at high settings on my Mac Pro I think it's amazing how far we have come in terms of visuals but how little has improved in terms of gameplay.
Gave my a1047 an SSD. It shouldnt but still surprises me how much snappier an SSD makes these old boxes. I have been enjoying a fresh install of Tiger+InterwebPPC post upgrade.
Simple pleasures in life I suppose.
Simple pleasures in life I suppose.
Recorded and mixed this. Okay, not all of it today, but still.
Powerbook G4 17" and a TC Electronic Powercore DSP box for running a mastering plugin.
I acquired an early 2005 1.67 GHz 17" PowerBook G4 from my workplace today.
Of course in addition to adding another gigabyte of RAM, I swapped out the original 100 GB hard drive with the 256 GB SSD I had in my 15" PowerBook G4 with dead battery. For now I put said 15" G4 aside largely for spare parts.
Of course in addition to adding another gigabyte of RAM, I swapped out the original 100 GB hard drive with the 256 GB SSD I had in my 15" PowerBook G4 with dead battery. For now I put said 15" G4 aside largely for spare parts.
This wasn't today, but I did so this weekend...
I recently got a 2003 14" iBook G4, with 933 MHz processor, 40 GB hard drive and "combo drive", and an AirPort Extreme card already included. Initially I decided to give Mac OS X 10.3 Panther a shot, but then I found it couldn't connect the Internet with that OS, regardless if it's the Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection. So I ended up upgrading the system to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.
I also maxed out the RAM to 1.12 GB. As we know back then, the "iBooks" had some RAM soldered to the motherboard (like on newer Macs) and a single slot for upgradeability.
Tiger running on the iBook.
But I left the iPhoto 2 software from 2003 that was included in the Panther install intact. It was pretty good for its' time, but the editing features do not hold up to later versions of iPhoto, and are a far cry from the editing features available on the MacOS version of Photos.
Testing out the DV capture in iMovie 3. This was the first Mac OS X-only version, and also introduced the Skywalker Sound effects, DVD chapter mark creation, and more fancy video effects, along with the ability to import existing QuickTime video files. But it doesn't have audio waveforms; that wasn't introduced until iMovie 4.
I recently got a 2003 14" iBook G4, with 933 MHz processor, 40 GB hard drive and "combo drive", and an AirPort Extreme card already included. Initially I decided to give Mac OS X 10.3 Panther a shot, but then I found it couldn't connect the Internet with that OS, regardless if it's the Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection. So I ended up upgrading the system to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.
I also maxed out the RAM to 1.12 GB. As we know back then, the "iBooks" had some RAM soldered to the motherboard (like on newer Macs) and a single slot for upgradeability.
Tiger running on the iBook.
But I left the iPhoto 2 software from 2003 that was included in the Panther install intact. It was pretty good for its' time, but the editing features do not hold up to later versions of iPhoto, and are a far cry from the editing features available on the MacOS version of Photos.
Testing out the DV capture in iMovie 3. This was the first Mac OS X-only version, and also introduced the Skywalker Sound effects, DVD chapter mark creation, and more fancy video effects, along with the ability to import existing QuickTime video files. But it doesn't have audio waveforms; that wasn't introduced until iMovie 4.
You're using a Sony Digital 8 beast, I see. D8 was a somewhat under-appreciated format.
Yep, I mostly use it for digitizing my Hi-8 tapes. But I did shoot a brief vlog about the Digital8 format using that camcorder for my YouTube channel...