Urgh...I've lost so many apps that have been expunged from the store
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Oops - having troubles posting in here using a new browser on my iPad mini - Puffin.
The iPad app I'm hoping to get copied using my iBook is Inkpad. The open source is still available on GitHub but I've never tried using GitHub to install to an iPad. Anyway my plan is get leopard back on my iBook and see if an early iTunes will copy Inkpad from one iPad to another
Do you still have them on one of your macs, drone?Urgh...I've lost so many apps that have been expunged from the store
Tis sometimes possible either via iTunes or finding them within the iTunes directory..but with wot I've seen of your expertise, I imagine you've already explored those options
Afraid not - they're gone forever - at least I still have my video of one (SynthX) being used!
I'll take a look at your YouTube when I'm on a desktop..no, I won't..I've been using 'Tubebrowser' quite successful yon my iPad mini..will look there.
Oh..I learnt something today (thanks drone).. On my iPad mini I can run you tubes..if a 'share' them to a new tab out side of mac rumours.
Your video shots of the keyboard (with the zigzag lines) made me think of the little keyboard 'sound/music' maker Roff Harris promoted years ago (1960s or 70s)
Tis a bummer when a rather good app disappears!!
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Swapped the drives in the Companion and THE KING, officially naming THE KING the new Companion.
It was inevitable, but now I can use Old Companion exclusively for Vintage Jag purposes.
I also sent the 802.11n card to Old Companion as well after realising that it only works correctly in Leopard. I am primarily a Tiger user.
It was inevitable, but now I can use Old Companion exclusively for Vintage Jag purposes.
I also sent the 802.11n card to Old Companion as well after realising that it only works correctly in Leopard. I am primarily a Tiger user.
Since i had the day off, and because it's too humid to function outside, i installed Fienix 6 / Debian Sid on my 17" PowerBook G4. Got rid of Mate and as usual i installed IceWM instead. Still have to find and install the b43 wireless drivers, but otherwise everything else works pretty well.
Made an InterWebPPC Inthebox applet for websdr - using a custom web page with the websdr site running in an iframe and made a graphic (and icon) to remind me of radio listening in the analogue days
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Care to elaborate on this.....in layman's terms...😳Made an InterWebPPC Inthebox applet for websdr - using a custom web page with the websdr site running in an iframe and made a graphic (and icon) to remind me of radio listening in the analogue days
This is all completely over my head...
1.Inthebox applet
2.websdr
3.iframe
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Sure
1. Sister app to InterWebPPC (like TenFourFox has TenFourFoxBox) which allows you make make a site specific mini browser/app saving a few CPU cycles by stripping out all unnecessary features.
2. An SDR is a software defined radio, a small piece of hardware (usuall a USB dongle) that is programmed to behave like 100s of radio recievers running in parallel and a websdr is simply one that is online and made available to listeners via a browser (the one in my example is stationed at the University of Twente in The Netherlands.)
3.An iframe is a html element that loads another website and embeds it within a page - on my example the main page is a jpg graphic and the frame is on the left opening the websdr site.
..funny how things from the past can sneak up on you like that.Discovered Snood on one of the PowerBook G4s that I bought recently. That brought back memories and, as a result, I wasted several hours playing it.
Updated my G3 iBook and iMac to allow Youtube via yt-dlp again - now requires Python 3 which is an easy task to install with the system provided by @cellularmitosis here:
Youtube playback from streaming 3gp and 360P still within reach of my 500Mhz iMac:
Youtube playback from streaming 3gp and 360P still within reach of my 500Mhz iMac:
Today it's seeing how my 12" Powerbook copes with Youtube in 2023 - as ever, the key is to avoid the official site and use an alternative frontend....
I got it!!! Now I just need to figure out what I'm gonna do with it.
I recently disassembled one of my G5's (2.3DP) as the back side fan was running full tilt with the U3 temperature reading ~85ºC and a hardware test pointed to the U3 heatsink:
***ERROR*CODE*** 2STH/1/2: U3 HEATSINK
It was also in need of a thorough cleaning and was a good excuse to do a full tear down of which I had never done before with a G5 tower. My hope was that I would find the U3 heatsink out of place and I would also redo the thermal compound on the CPU's while I had it apart.
Many screws later, including some self taught disassembly instructions (how many models of this beast are there!?) revealed the U3 heatsink was still fully attached and everything looked fine except for some dried out thermal compound. I went ahead and replaced the thermal compound (thermal grizzly kryonaut), put some better nylon spring rivets on the U3 assembly for good measure, and also redid the compound on the 2 CPU's.
After reassembly, it booted up on the first try, but the fan came back in full force and the temperature reading for the U3 heatsink was still ~85ºC. Another hardware test also came back with the same logic board U3 error code.
I'm guessing at this point there must be a bad solder joint somewhere on the mother board that I couldn't see. Another observation is the side of the case is cool to the touch and doesn't seem even close to the reported temperature. Had a good time none the less and might just use the 2x2.3's in another G5 I have (2.0DP)... that is if they will run at full speed?
If anyone has other ideas about the error code, please feel free to chime in.
***ERROR*CODE*** 2STH/1/2: U3 HEATSINK
It was also in need of a thorough cleaning and was a good excuse to do a full tear down of which I had never done before with a G5 tower. My hope was that I would find the U3 heatsink out of place and I would also redo the thermal compound on the CPU's while I had it apart.
Many screws later, including some self taught disassembly instructions (how many models of this beast are there!?) revealed the U3 heatsink was still fully attached and everything looked fine except for some dried out thermal compound. I went ahead and replaced the thermal compound (thermal grizzly kryonaut), put some better nylon spring rivets on the U3 assembly for good measure, and also redid the compound on the 2 CPU's.
After reassembly, it booted up on the first try, but the fan came back in full force and the temperature reading for the U3 heatsink was still ~85ºC. Another hardware test also came back with the same logic board U3 error code.
I'm guessing at this point there must be a bad solder joint somewhere on the mother board that I couldn't see. Another observation is the side of the case is cool to the touch and doesn't seem even close to the reported temperature. Had a good time none the less and might just use the 2x2.3's in another G5 I have (2.0DP)... that is if they will run at full speed?
If anyone has other ideas about the error code, please feel free to chime in.
I fired up some of the "broken Macs" in my pile, and I am happy to report that my two 2005 iBook 14" 1.42 GHz models (one running 10.4.11, with no Airport card--sure as hell not opening that up to put one in, and the one that has WiFi and takes ages to load but runs 10.5.8) both turn on and work I am going to keep them for experimentation in my collection.
I am going to keep them 
Well I was playing around with mysql and Apache server and I'm currently running a video streaming "YouTube" alternative from my G5.
The performance isn't too bad. I mean the best G3 I have is an ibook but I've been using an imac g4 as my baseline machine.
YouTube just kills this machine lol.
The performance isn't too bad. I mean the best G3 I have is an ibook but I've been using an imac g4 as my baseline machine.
YouTube just kills this machine lol.
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Hadn't set it up for a few months. Two of the DIMMs were reading 'empty' so I pulled and re-seated and that cleared it up - I can't recall if they'd all behaved properly when I installed them a few months ago. Short of bragging rights I don't see too much point in maxing it out at 16GB.
IIRC the wireless cards for the PCIe models are unobtanium, so I may just get an AirPort Express to get it back online. Otherwise it's behaving properly - loaded some games onto it and played for a bit. I need to find a proper spot for it so it can run more often.
As most of you may know, Cameron Kaiser, the creator of TenFourFox, is a doctor. You can look him up if you like in that regard, the things he's done are a matter of public record and are/were available online at certain points.
I mention this because my sister finally got around to getting me my dad's death certificate tonight (he died in November 2019). I guess, no matter how far I get away from my years of PowerPC Mac use and T4Fx, I won't ever be able to forget Dr. Kaiser.
His name is on my dad's death certificate as the Local Registrar.
I mention this because my sister finally got around to getting me my dad's death certificate tonight (he died in November 2019). I guess, no matter how far I get away from my years of PowerPC Mac use and T4Fx, I won't ever be able to forget Dr. Kaiser.
His name is on my dad's death certificate as the Local Registrar.
Thanks for sharing this very personal, and meaningful piece of your history @eyoungren. I'm sorry for your loss. I too lost my Dad. 2 years, 12 days ago. Not a day goes by I don't think of him. You have a wonderful piece of memorabilia there. An interesting crossover of worlds!
Thanks.
I will just say that I grieved (and still do) what could have been when he was alive…and I will leave it at that.
My father passed away a year ago, this month. I share your feelings of loss @eyoungren and @AphoticD
