What have you done with a PowerPC today?

[bd129]

@Macbookprodude

For Linux I'd use either the Mac flashed Radeon card (I forget the model, sorry), or use a more modern AMD card for Linux and leave the Nvidia for OFW and OS X - Nouveau can be a bit annoying.
The way I've got it done is by blacklisting the Nvidia related stuff in my Kernel boot options and I think I put a bit in my X config too - I've not got GRUB to boot to Linux without the Mac flashed card connected to a display or spoof plug though.

 

[Macbookprodude]

Its too late.. i have already retired it. I am not putting money into 15 year old stuff.. maybe the G4 titanium 1ghz since I still use this. It already has an SSD in it, but the G5 Quad, though almost new is now officially retired.

 

[1042686]

TDM.

 

[Macbookprodude]

@Macbookprodude

For Linux I'd use either the Mac flashed Radeon card (I forget the model, sorry), or use a more modern AMD card for Linux and leave the Nvidia for OFW and OS X - Nouveau can be a bit annoying.
The way I've got it done is by blacklisting the Nvidia related stuff in my Kernel boot options and I think I put a bit in my X config too - I've not got GRUB to boot to Linux without the Mac flashed card connected to a display or spoof plug though.

Ok, so what you are saying is get an ATI/AMD G5 card and forget the Nvidia based cards ? Seems Linux works better with AMD ?

 

[repairedCheese]

I just ordered a new 500gb sata drive and a sata to ide adaptor for my Powermac G4 MDD, as far as I can tell this old 2003 model still has the original 80gb ide drive it shipped with, and I can't exactly say I trust the thing.

 

[Amethyst1]

I just ordered a new 500gb sata drive and a sata to ide adaptor for my Powermac G4 MDD

No SSD love?

 

[repairedCheese]

No SSD love?

I'm replacing the SSD in my main desktop for an NVMe, but my laptop has dibs, and I kind of want to try to make it into a Hackintosh but there isn't really a way to do that easily without giving it its own drive.

Maybe next time. And if I just had all the money in the world? Then I'd be going for a sata card as well as an SSD boot drive. But right now, I just want more space than I ever imagined the likes of Mac OS 9 to be able to have access to.

Don't think my G5 isn't also on the waiting list for an SSD, too!

Oh, and the laptop is a 2012 17" Dell with firewire, so it'd be perfect to watch over my growing collection. This very much has been in the plans for a long time now.

 

[Amethyst1]

Oh, and the laptop is a 2012 17" Dell with firewire

What model is it?

 

[repairedCheese]

What model is it?

A Dell Precision M6600. It's an nVidia model, so I know the Quadro inside of it may be a challenge, but I've looked enough up about it that I don't think it should be out of the question. Besides, it sounds like a fun challenge, and that's what really matters.

 

[B S Magnet]

I spent much of the evening testing software for the PPC Snow Leopard project using my A1138 and reporting on my findings in the project wiki. And as always, my G5 does double duty as a file server and a Remote Desktop Admin.

After reading some of the more recent responses here (including that amazing DAT post), I realized how all of my PPC boxes which run all run with solid state storage for their boot volumes — many of them hand-me-downs from elsewhere.

Mid-term plans: getting a DAW to run from my A1139.

 

[bd129]

Ok, so what you are saying is get an ATI/AMD G5 card and forget the Nvidia based cards ? Seems Linux works better with AMD ?

You could get the mac flashed ATI, but it's cheaper to stick in an hd6000 series card on the 8x pcie and make Linux use that, and keep the NoVideo card in the 16x lane for osX and ofw.

I got an hd 6450 for about 12 pounds at CEX.

 

[eyoungren]

Today, something I thought I'd try…

Opened my Leopard Server VM in Parallels and installed Photoshop CS2. Found, downloaded and installed Canon ScanGear software for the Canonscan N676U (my scanner). Had to manually install some stuff, but got it working. Also had to fumble with shared folders on Parallels (ended up just turning it off).

End result? Inside the Leopard VM, my MacPro sees my scanner and Photoshop CS2 detects it, controls it and scans. I am able to save from the Leopard VM to my MP. This cuts out the 17" PowerBook G4 as the middleman. I say this is PowerPC because it's Leopard!

 

[2984839]

I upgraded to gigabit Fios recently, which meant my EdgeRouter 4 was now a bottleneck. With a pretty basic pf.conf it maxed at 300-400 Mb/s and there's probably not much more optimizing I could do. So, time to upgrade. I used the TiBook to configure a Supermicro E300-8D to be my new router. Really nice Xeon D system and it easily handles gigabit speeds even under heavy load. It's overkill, but good overkill.

Got a rack cabinet installed today that will eventually house the Supermicro router, a 1U UPS, and a Juniper EX2200-C PoE that's coming next week. If there's any leftover space in there I'll stick the Sun T1000 in there too, but I'm not sure what my plans are for it.The next step, after getting all the equipment installed and configured, will be to write a payload file that will duplicate this network automagically using standoff, so I'll work on that with the TiBook next week.

 

[1042686]

Today, something I thought I'd try…

Opened my Leopard Server VM in Parallels and installed Photoshop CS2. Found, downloaded and installed Canon ScanGear software for the Canonscan N676U (my scanner). Had to manually install some stuff, but got it working. Also had to fumble with shared folders on Parallels (ended up just turning it off).

End result? Inside the Leopard VM, my MacPro sees my scanner and Photoshop CS2 detects it, controls it and scans. I am able to save from the Leopard VM to my MP. This cuts out the 17" PowerBook G4 as the middleman. I say this is PowerPC because it's Leopard!

Wow, my older brother had a ton of those old StarWars cards.

 

[swamprock]

I dug my DC 2.0ghz G5 out and updated a few things. Tenfourfox has definitely gotten faster since fpr16, and this is without any tweaks or foxPEP, although I think it still uses the old version/name of foxPEP, which escapes me at the moment. I played a round of SiN, re-upped briandeuel.org to the new server, and watched some BitChute videos. I actually dug it out to use VisualHub, but never got around to it.

 

[LordeOurMother]

Might get an old Mac Mini G4 to use a server to back up my other macs, as I still want to keep PowerPC in my workflow *somehow*.

 

[eyoungren]

Wow, my older brother had a ton of those old StarWars cards.

My father died in November of last year and my mom is cleaning stuff out. Those got sent to me, because she has some idea from somewhere that they are valuable.

I intend to look them up, but I'd be shocked if I got more than $1 for them.

That said, I don't have much old Star Wars stuff. I always wanted the toys when the movie came out, but didn't get much. I had a landspeeder and C-3-PO at one point. My next door neighbor had the Falcon.

I needed something to test the scanner though and that card was handy.

 

[Amethyst1]

I say this is PowerPC because it's Leopard!

On Intel - so strictly speaking it's not

 

[eyoungren]

On Intel - so strictly speaking it's not

Don't bring up facts! You're like my wife. I can't win an argument if you're going to bring facts and reality into it!!!

 

[Amethyst1]

I can't win an argument if you're going to bring facts and reality into it!!!

Alright, alright. 2 + 2 = 5. All hail big brother and the blinkenlights.

 

[Toyface19]

This evening, it's been some mundane eBay listing of some PowerBook G4 parts, I don't expect to "make" anything, but as long as I get some money towards my other purchases I'll be happy. Later on I think it'll be some more Neverwinter Nights for me - it's incredible how much better it runs on my 2005 PowerBook than my 2004 iBook!

The composing process has been too monotonous and exhausting if 100% is done on the same spot, I need variety and phases. My main computer should only come to the picture at the late stages to do the heavy lifting, and this friendly looking little iMac will handle the beginning.

This sounds like a great idea. I often take a similar approach to writing and typesetting with the PowerBook or iBook, there's not too much I can do on these machines, but the keyboards are lovely, so I can type, get what I need and then deal with formatting at work in the office with a big display and a fast CPU, but I enjoy using these machines and ultimately end up saving time! What sort of music are you putting together, can we find any of it online?!

Cheers,

 

[1042686]

My father died in November of last year and my mom is cleaning stuff out. Those got sent to me, because she has some idea from somewhere that they are valuable.

I intend to look them up, but I'd be shocked if I got more than $1 for them.

That said, I don't have much old Star Wars stuff. I always wanted the toys when the movie came out, but didn't get much. I had a landspeeder and C-3-PO at one point. My next door neighbor had the Falcon.

I needed something to test the scanner though and that card was handy.

I collect period Star Wars stuff due to the nostalgia of it all. I was in-utero to 6 when the first movies were released but my brother was fully initiated and immersed in Starwars. He had alot of that stuff from Xwing and tie fighter to the the Falcon, land speeder, Boba Fetts ship and many of the figurines. I on the other hand was busy throwing his figurines out the van window because I wanted to see if they could fly (yanno typical obnoxious 2-5yo little brother stuff). In my defense, my older brother threw his MF out the 2nd store window for the same reason aound 1979-80 if stories are accurate.

Anyhow, all those memories (vacations, his birthdays, holidays etc.) attached to those toys drives my modest vintage SW collection. If those cards were mine, I'd frame them (like in a collective frame or two) as a sort of 20th century popular art. That would be so cool. My brother's cards were at my grandpas who passed on in 2018. IIRC he picked them up before the estate sale and as such are squirreled away somewhere on his farm.

Anyhow, while I did get a few ROTJ toys as a kid around 1983-84, I was big into He-Man & the Masters of the Universe, Voltron, Transformers and Mask. You absolutely should hold onto those SW Cards. Even though the franchise storyline "ended" with Rise of Skywalker, there really is endless fodder in SW Cannon for other movies and series like Mandalorian for example to fuel future interest and those cards are emblamatic of a bygone era in kiddom and as such IMO will only increase in monetary value although the sentimental value is where it's at for me.


Ok, enough super nerdiness for one day. Enjoy your weekend.

 

[eyoungren]

I collect period Star Wars stuff due to the nostalgia of it all. I was in-utero to 6 when the first movies were released but my brother was fully initiated and immersed in Starwars. He had alot of that stuff from Xwing and tie fighter to the the Falcon, land speeder, Boba Fetts ship and many of the figurines. I on the other hand was busy throwing his figurines out the van window because I wanted to see if they could fly (yanno typical obnoxious 2-5yo little brother stuff). In my defense, my older brother threw his MF out the 2nd store window for the same reason aound 1979-80 if stories are accurate.

Anyhow, all those memories (vacations, his birthdays, holidays etc.) attached to those toys drives my modest vintage SW collection. If those cards were mine, I'd frame them (like in a collective frame or two) as a sort of 20th century popular art. That would be so cool. My brother's cards were at my grandpas who passed on in 2018. IIRC he picked them up before the estate sale and as such are squirreled away somewhere on his farm.

Anyhow, while I did get a few ROTJ toys as a kid around 1983-84, I was big into He-Man & the Masters of the Universe, Voltron, Transformers and Mask. You absolutely should hold onto those SW Cards. Even though the franchise storyline "ended" with Rise of Skywalker, there really is endless fodder in SW Cannon for other movies and series like Mandalorian for example to fuel future interest and those cards are emblamatic of a bygone era in kiddom and as such IMO will only increase in monetary value although the sentimental value is where it's at for me.

I was probably 6 or 7 when Star Wars came out. My sister would have been 4 or 5. My dad, never one for taking anybody to a movie, got us there late. I don't recall what scene we ended up arriving at, but these were the days when theaters didn't throw you out between movie screenings. So, we stayed at the end in order to catch the beginning part we missed.

All I recall at that point was Darth Vader scaring the hell out of my sister and her starting to bawl loudly. I was so angry, it took me years to forgive her for ruining Star Wars!

BTW, I still have my SW twin bed sheets with my SW pillow case. My mom got me those when I was about 8 or 9.

 

[1042686]

I was probably 6 or 7 when Star Wars came out. My sister would have been 4 or 5. My dad, never one for taking anybody to a movie, got us there late. I don't recall what scene we ended up arriving at, but these were the days when theaters didn't throw you out between movie screenings. So, we stayed at the end in order to catch the beginning part we missed.

All I recall at that point was Darth Vader scaring the hell out of my sister and her starting to bawl loudly. I was so angry, it took me years to forgive her for ruining Star Wars!

BTW, I still have my SW twin bed sheets with my SW pillow case. My mom got me those when I was about 8 or 9.

So very cool that you hung onto the bed sheets. I can imagine those wearing out quickly thus being pretty hard to come by in 2020! I have vague memories of my brother having Star wars bed sheets. We shared a room (bunk beds) and yeah, I have very vague memories of blue space scene and a tonton graphic. Ahh, the memories

My oldest son loves baby yoda and the Mandalorian. I scored him a chewbacca onesie for Halloween 2019 (fits him perfect now) and he wears that thing all the time lol. That with kids light saber and a 1st Order era storm trooper mask is his "Mandalorian" get up lol

All $1-$3 thrift store scores mind you. He has been indoctrinated into the thrift store culture which in his words is known as "Treasure hunting" spoken only as a three year old can. Cutest thing ever I swear.

 

[eyoungren]

So very cool that you hung onto the bed sheets. I can imagine those wearing out quickly thus being pretty hard to come by in 2020! I have vague memories of my brother having Star wars bed sheets. We shared a room (bunk beds) and yeah, I have very vague memories of blue space scene and a tonton graphic. Ahh, the memories

My oldest son loves baby yoda and the Mandalorian. I scored him a chewbacca onesie for Halloween 2019 (fits him perfect now) and he wears that thing all the time lol. That with kids light saber and a 1st Order era storm trooper mask is his "Mandalorian" get up lol

All $1-$3 thrift store scores mind you. He has been indoctrinated into the thrift store culture which in his words is known as "Treasure hunting" spoken only as a three year old can. Cutest thing ever I swear.

If it is not evident by now, I try to take care of my stuff and I end up holding on to it for a very long time. My wife can attest to a lot of that. I finally wore out my 1988 acid wash jeans working for UPS in 1997.

Anyway, can't seem to find the pillow case right now but my wife should know where it is.

Very cool that you have your kid 'treasure hunting'! My wife and I enjoy that too, when we have money. You never know what you can find. She's come home with crystal and silver for less than $10. Of course, before Goodwill finally started realizing what their untrained employees (at the time) were letting walk out the door. I've come home with Macs and monitors and other stuff. Killer prices!