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Akimashida Omedato! (I see you're using a Japanese browser window)
My Wife is Japanese.
Lately I've used my 2011 13" MBP running High Sierra to read and make notes from the works of Edward Bernays...
...to those of Edward Said.
To unwind after this level of intellectual engagement, I loaded up Thrunt! - a game that places you in control of a spaceship which has to proceed through 13 levels that increase in challenge and frustration, negotiating hazardous environments and maintaining a vigilant eye on the ever-present dynamics of gravity and rocket propulsion.
The premise is really simple but well executed with gameplay that balances fiendish, rage inducing difficulty and a learning curve that compels you to persevere and improve. In the programmer's own words, the system requirements are fairly undemanding as it will run on a "half-way decent" machine. In addition to my 2011 MBP, I tried it on my 2010 MBA whose hardware is hardly a powerhouse and it ran normally with the maximum performance settings selected.
Unfortunately it's 32-bit only and as such, will not work under Catalina.
...to those of Edward Said.
To unwind after this level of intellectual engagement, I loaded up Thrunt! - a game that places you in control of a spaceship which has to proceed through 13 levels that increase in challenge and frustration, negotiating hazardous environments and maintaining a vigilant eye on the ever-present dynamics of gravity and rocket propulsion.
The premise is really simple but well executed with gameplay that balances fiendish, rage inducing difficulty and a learning curve that compels you to persevere and improve. In the programmer's own words, the system requirements are fairly undemanding as it will run on a "half-way decent" machine. In addition to my 2011 MBP, I tried it on my 2010 MBA whose hardware is hardly a powerhouse and it ran normally with the maximum performance settings selected.
Unfortunately it's 32-bit only and as such, will not work under Catalina.
Run that iMac through its paces!
Currently running work via BOINC, so an extra 4 threads will come in handy!
i've been using my 2008 Mac Pro as a daily recently, on OS X Mavericks as a challenge. me and some others in a discord group are not allowed to use anything newer than that as a daily.
so i've grabbed my Mac Pro. it's an absolute beast of a machine still.
i'm running triple displays as well which is epic (2x 1080p and a 1200p). and this machine is still totally usable these days even running an ancient OS.
speaking of ancient OS's on Early Intel, in the discord group i mentioned at the start we wanted a bot, and for fun we tried to see what was the oldest computer we could run it on....
behold, a 2007 Mini running a modern discord bot. this took 3.5 hours to get running and even then as you can see by the logs it's got a few issues but it works well enough.
so i've grabbed my Mac Pro. it's an absolute beast of a machine still.
i'm running triple displays as well which is epic (2x 1080p and a 1200p). and this machine is still totally usable these days even running an ancient OS.
speaking of ancient OS's on Early Intel, in the discord group i mentioned at the start we wanted a bot, and for fun we tried to see what was the oldest computer we could run it on....
behold, a 2007 Mini running a modern discord bot. this took 3.5 hours to get running and even then as you can see by the logs it's got a few issues but it works well enough.
Delivered and working! No more cutouts. Just had to delete old connections and re-add.
Just curious, how does Monterey feel on this machine with OCLP? Are you happy with the performance?
Thanks!
Been messing around with my 2009 Mini again. Needed to use some CS6 applications again for some old files and quickly set it up in the attic with the studio display. Excuse the glass of beer standing on top of the Mini, I ran out of room
But the true issue today may be spotted by some here: the enter key on my A1016 finally gave in after 18 years. It still works but it's now permanently sunken into the keyboard 🥲
But the true issue today may be spotted by some here: the enter key on my A1016 finally gave in after 18 years. It still works but it's now permanently sunken into the keyboard 🥲
I recently renewed my GMRS license, bought a Uniden Bearcat BCD536HP digital scanner, dug out my old HF rigs and old eeepc 701 which i use to use with WinXP years ago to program my radios. Well... leaving it out in the garage for 5 years was a bad idea. It boots but is unusable as it seems the keyboard is always pressing multiple keys on its own. So i decided to use BootCamp on my 2008 MacBook to install Win7 (Tiny edition) alongside of Snow Leopard. Install went without a hitch, downloaded and installed all the programming software again, and i'm off to the races. I'm now able to program all my scanners, handhelds, mobiles, etc again. Score!
Just curious, how does Monterey feel on this machine with OCLP? Are you happy with the performance?
Thanks!
Of course I use OCLP, Monterey runs smoothly.Just curious, how does Monterey feel on this machine with OCLP? Are you happy with the performance?
Thanks!
Battery consumption was fast and CPU temperature exceeded 100°C when watching 1440p.
I like it though.
Great challenge. Mavericks was my first OS X and it has a special place in my heart. Thinking about doing a challenge daily driving it myself but never had the courage to actually do it. Would love to know how the challenge goes for you and the rest of the group!
Tinkering with old Mac's with a glass of craft beer: What a great way to spend the weekend!Been messing around with my 2009 Mini again. Needed to use some CS6 applications again for some old files and quickly set it up in the attic with the studio display. Excuse the glass of beer standing on top of the Mini, I ran out of room
if you want an invite link to the discord group let me know, i'd be happy to have you so you can see.
As a sort-of minor update/bump, I‘ve slowly, but steadily stayed with this idea and, although not as quickly as I’d hoped, wrapped of my first “day” of sets.
My goal, for the “pilot month/year”, was to cover a solid 24 hours of a fictitious radio station (located, geographically, “nowhere”, but whose playlist draws from every available nationwide chart published for that moment). The “station” covers a particular day on that month, in three-hour blocks. These sets contain forgotten tracks; obscure tracks pilfered by vapourwave; usual “blue chip” (i.e., overplayed “retro”) stuff we should be long tired of by now; and even the cringe which was popular somewhere at that moment.
So yes, eight sets are done.
There was enough charting pop material worldwide — and this is important — to which I have release date and/or charting data access to cover 24 hours of content of a particular day without a single song repeating. Perhaps the toughest weekly chart archives to scare up are the Oricon (Japan) charts. Finding chart data accessible online from France, Spain, New Zealand, Ireland, and Scandinavia have been a bit hit-and-miss, but chart data from Austria, West Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, the UK, Australia, Canada, and the U.S. have been pretty thorough. I hope to find other national charts, but doing so is a slow process.
(Additional music for that “day” is still in reserve. Unused songs may end up being set aside in a holding spot as further songs, when and as they come up, get brought to attention). Each of the eight sets have their own sleeve “cover” but are bound together by consistent, period-correct photos, typesetting, and style and usage. (Going forward, each new month/year group will also get their own period-correct typesetting and style and usage groupings). Here’s a mini-collage of those eight:
(Additional music for that “day” is still in reserve. Unused songs may end up being set aside in a holding spot as further songs, when and as they come up, get brought to attention). Each of the eight sets have their own sleeve “cover” but are bound together by consistent, period-correct photos, typesetting, and style and usage. (Going forward, each new month/year group will also get their own period-correct typesetting and style and usage groupings). Here’s a mini-collage of those eight:
On to technical stuff:
To generate a reasonable facsimile of FM radio floor noise, The method I used was the previously mentioned “pink noise mode” on a compiled UB version of Noisy, patched through Audio Hi-Jack. This, along with the brodcast compression filter, has turned out really well. It‘s maybe the next-best thing to actual analogue RF interference and/or a weakened signal from a listener up to several tens of kilometres from a fictitious “transmitter tower”.
If I keep making more of these, I might level up from patching Noisy and instead use one of those old, ultra-low-power, AA(A)-battery or DC-powered FM stereo transmitters one would, on an unallocated frequency, use with their portable CD player inside, say, a car.
[I actually own an old analogue one of these (with rheostatic-styled frequency knob). Trouble was, after all these years of having what was, probably, a $10 accessory (when bought new in 2004), I came to discover whilst experimenting for this project that the transmitter, despite boasting stereo on the plate, was always monaural. Boo-urns!
Anyway, I haven’t yet settled on a streaming platform to upload these (maaaybe Mixcloud, but their TOU legalese is Byzantne and written for other attorneys in mind — not so much end-users/content creators).
So… I’m vacillating maybe finding someplace where the sets won’t be monetized at all and starting a Patreon (to allow listeners keen on this to support time on the research, preparation, and finalizing of sets — pending how uploading a few of the sets now in existence might be received). I’m still thinking the only person(s) who might like these is me and maybe two or three other people I know.
OK, this update went on way more than long enough.
Screwed up my iMac, that's what. Installed i7-2600S, no issues, but managed to damage the display ribbon. New one ordered. Meantime, the machine is actually running, processing BOINC as before, but how to I properly shut it down with a display? Is there a key sequence?
Yes, Control–Option–Command–Power button.
Or, if you have access to the machine over ssh for example, a command like “sudo shutdown -h now” would do the trick.
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Does that work? I don’t usually shut down my Mac from the command line and am a lot more experienced with Linux in that regard. On Linux, halt stops the CPU but does not power down without a -p flag.Or just "halt"
this week I discovered something weird but a reality considering battery life.
On the MacBook Air 2010 11" 1370 running Mountain Lion (snow leopard shipped),
I have 3 drives, 2 original included and a makeshift on from Fledging (closed in 2022).
the original drives, Toshiba and Samsung has a considerably longer battery live than the Fledging,
over two to three hours more!
my assumption is that Fledging is faster than the original drives,
used a adaptor that needs more power an can cause this lower level battery life.
I was just wondering if this is true?
and Pale Moon is the more reliable browser of this model and OSX in 2024.
moist pages launched fast, displayed most graphic and blocked ads!
anyways, I hope this helped and thanks for reading.
On the MacBook Air 2010 11" 1370 running Mountain Lion (snow leopard shipped),
I have 3 drives, 2 original included and a makeshift on from Fledging (closed in 2022).
the original drives, Toshiba and Samsung has a considerably longer battery live than the Fledging,
over two to three hours more!
my assumption is that Fledging is faster than the original drives,
used a adaptor that needs more power an can cause this lower level battery life.
I was just wondering if this is true?
and Pale Moon is the more reliable browser of this model and OSX in 2024.
moist pages launched fast, displayed most graphic and blocked ads!
anyways, I hope this helped and thanks for reading.
Or, just wait for Amazon Prime to deliver me a mini-DisplayPort-to-HDMI converter! While I await the spares to repair the damage I caused, I can at least now see what is happening. And what is happening is that the i7-2600S is barreling along nicely!Or just "halt"
As I've said (often...), if i could get Linux Mint to play properly with Apple Bluetooth peripherals - it doesn't play well with other makes either, I might add - this machine would take over right now, and for the forseeable future, as my daily driver. Given that it's now upgraded to the limit bar GPU, I might do it anyhow. This assumes I haven't damaged the logic board connector in my rummaging, which, courtesy of a sharp iFixit tweezer, also coated most of the machine in blood at some point...
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I have been loving my iMac 2011 12,1 I bought for £80 before Xmas as something to use and something to 'tat' with.
I have:
Installed OCLP Monterey
Swopped the mechanical HD for a 1TB SSD
Added extra RAM to bring it up 24GB
Swopped the i5 for an i7 2600S
Stuff to do:
Metal compatible graphics card swop
Try OCLP Ventura
Max out the RAM at 32GB
I was quite daunted by taking it apart and removing the logic board to swap the processor out, but once I started, it was fairly straightforward.
I've been using it as my daily computer for work, and also playing Left 4 Dead 2 with friends via Crossover (come on Valve, sort out 64bit macOS updates).
Feels like an Apple 'bridge' computer in that I can do modern stuff with it, such as Microsoft 365 stuff for work, whilst also being able to do 'older' stuff, such as ripping CDs with the built-in Super Drive and plugging in a 2nd gen iPod in the Firewire port (with a 400/800 adaptor).
My own M2 Macbook Air and the work supplied Dell Windows laptop are gathering dust.
I have:
Installed OCLP Monterey
Swopped the mechanical HD for a 1TB SSD
Added extra RAM to bring it up 24GB
Swopped the i5 for an i7 2600S
Stuff to do:
Metal compatible graphics card swop
Try OCLP Ventura
Max out the RAM at 32GB
I was quite daunted by taking it apart and removing the logic board to swap the processor out, but once I started, it was fairly straightforward.
I've been using it as my daily computer for work, and also playing Left 4 Dead 2 with friends via Crossover (come on Valve, sort out 64bit macOS updates).
Feels like an Apple 'bridge' computer in that I can do modern stuff with it, such as Microsoft 365 stuff for work, whilst also being able to do 'older' stuff, such as ripping CDs with the built-in Super Drive and plugging in a 2nd gen iPod in the Firewire port (with a 400/800 adaptor).
My own M2 Macbook Air and the work supplied Dell Windows laptop are gathering dust.