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What have you done with a PowerPC today?

MacMaverick855 said:
2011 iMac G5
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PowerPC iMac's ended in 2006. iMac G5 - Wikipedia.png
 
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My bad gang. It’s an iMac i5, not G5. Got overly excited writing my earlier post because getting the “NewWorld Macs” (and others) running Linux is a BIG deal to me. I’m not super-versed in Linux but have learned so much from this and other forums about this operating system alternative for computers left behind.

I hope to, in the future, post the hoops I went through to find distros for what appeared to be unsupportable computer systems. Also I hope if someone has specific questions based on my success that they will post them here and I can help as best I can.

MacMav855
 
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Amethyst1 said:
I have very serious doubts Windows 7 would run well on a Quad.
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But why would you want to run Windows 7 on anything - if you want win32 compatibility (on ppc) - maybe do something like qemu + wine (on linux).

EDIT: I guess if there is like very tight coupled to the OS app like I dunno Visual Studio - that could be a reason.
 
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sos_nz said:
Love the photo! I'm going to save it, to show my wife when she complains I have too many orphaned Macs ;)
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You go dude! My goal was to put every piece of “old” hardware to use. Unfortunately, I have a 17" Apple studio monitor left over because l couldn't get the G5 to drive two monitors. I’m either going to look into adapters to run it from a MacBook Pro (2009) or figure out how to get the G5 to drive the A D C port, and the DVI port in adilie Linux.

Finally, can anyone really ever have too many Macs ?

MacMav855

(I also have an iMac i5)
 
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MacFoxG4 said:
Finally got my dream iMac, a tangerine tray loading iMac G3. It has a 266mhz CPU and a 6 GB HDD. When it arrived, the CD-ROM bezel had fallen off during shipping, so I am looking into ways of reattaching the bezel as double sided tape doesn't work for long. I erased the HDD and did a fresh install of OS 9 and I also removed the PRAM battery. The Mac came with 288 MB of RAM, but after digging around in my bag of RAM sticks, I found a compatible 256 MB module and now the Mac has 512 MB of RAM. I think its ridiculous that Apple made it so that you have to remove the CPU heat sink in order to get at the lower RAM slot. I may or may not end up putting 10.2 or 10.3 on here alongside OS 9.
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Nice! I have a Lime G3 iMac, same specs, 512mb ram- and same problem with the CD bezel lol.

Mine runs OS 9 and 10.4; 10.4 runs quite well on there, just needs to be installed with XPostfacto (or a hard drive swap). The main advantage is that 10.4 unlocks Tenfourfox, which can be optimised to give a basic modern web experience.

At 266mhz though, I’m not sure how much they can do beyond 90s apps. I’ve considered an SSD upgrade at some point.
 
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chaosbunny said:
I have a 233mhz Rev A iMac that I use as a CD player at this point. I'm also considering a SSD upgrade for the sake of silent operation. That original HD sounds like a jet engine. :)
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Do it! The procedure is pretty easy to undertake and the performance benefits will immediately be noticeable. I've got a 120GB one in my 350 Mhz iMac G3 and it works like a charm. :)
 
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chaosbunny said:
I have a 233mhz Rev A iMac that I use as a CD player at this point. I'm also considering a SSD upgrade for the sake of silent operation. That original HD sounds like a jet engine. :)
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I wouldn't bother for sound reasons. It's the fan that is loud on the tray-load iMacs. Removing the HDD will only partially help.
on the slot-load iMacs, it's a different story entirely.
 
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Today I'm here with bad news :( Some time ago I told you a story about an iBook G4 I found in Denmark, more then a decade ago. It's a 2004 model with 1.2 CPU and ATI 9200. Condition is awful, lot's of scratches, some chips on case are clips are placed, no metal shielding under the keyboard, and absolutely no screws. But it's cosmetic issues, my main problem is that in games GPU shows artifacts:

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Today I decided to check the cooling system, and my first step was to examine the contact between cooling radiator and the chip, that's what I saw:

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A fckng tragedy. I replaced 0.5mm thermal pad with 1mm one and the gap is gone. But, sadly, after I assembled everything back it still showing artifacts. So, looks like chip received fatal thermal damage.

Some pictures:


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Tratkazir_the_1st said:
What vendor\model? (I had long ago one IBM SCSI drive 9,1 Gb. Not really loud but it's sound on full speed (7200RPM) was something I couldn't stand for a long time :D ).
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I also have an IBM drive in my G3 iMac. As far as I can tell it is the main source of noise in that machine.

Yesterday I "finished" my tangerine iBook G3. After a tricky HD to CF card replacement (posted about it earlier) the trackpad button and the memory stick didn't work. The trackpad button was fixed by just taking it apart and reassemble it again. I had to get a new ram stick though, which I picked up locally last week - cheap and literally around the corner. 128 mb instead of the 256 mb I had previously, but with the CF card still a major improvement overall. The interactive storybooks from the 90ies I play with my 3 years old daughter on it are running better than ever now.

I guess the iMac will be my next project. Right now I have a lot of work/family stuff but maybe around Christmas there will be more time.
 
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Installed OS9 on my dying iBook G4. Need it to test some games that were not ported to OS X.

Used this image: http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=5851.0

So far it’s good, but with some funny cons. Like you have to rise brightness with brightness down button, and you can’t set it on maximum. Wi-Fi is not working. But I’m doing my best.
 

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