My mother uses PowerPC all the time, as a full-time personal computer! She has a MDD G4 running OS 10.4, and uses Firefox/Camino/Thunderbird/Netscape with minimal problems. I keep …

My folks were using a G4 mini 1.42GHz with 1GB RAM, 160GB HD as a daily driver until a couple months ago. It's now been relegated to their industrial sewing/repair business for iP…

I've been using a G5 for upwards of 1 1/2 months now, and I tell you, it works great if I'm not in a hurry. If I need to get something done quickly, it has trouble keeping up. But…

If you use ClickToPlugin in Safari, you can download most videos by right clicking the video and selecting "Download".

Are there any video downloading tools that run on MacPPC?   Back when I had a slow Internet connection, I'd use 4kVideoDownloader to save videos both so I could watch them (if I we…

For those talking about YouTube performance on PowerPC, have any of you tried ClickToFlash with the latest Leopard-Webkit release? It allows direct playback of h.264 video natively…

The problem with PPC and Youtube is that once you can view video at 1080p resolution (using any old crappy pc)  its hard to go 480p again. Plus I don't think Netflix works on PPC a…

OK, so here I am. I've been using my Dual 1.25 GHz MDD as my main desktop for about three weeks. It's not too bad, actually. Just slow. Even YouTube plays decently (on low, of co…

smiba said: I've put the project on hold for a while until I have some more time for it. So sorry, Can't help you further. The iMac G3 should have an intergrated ethernet po…

Schmoburger said: This page is as good on my souped-up G3-powered 9600 as it is on my G5 so I doubt you will have any dramas on the iMac TC is a bit boggy in Classilla but…

smiba said: Would you have any copy of the OpenTransport disk by any chance? Click to expand... I do have a copy, but I only have my CC, and I can not figure out how to s…

System7today has it I think. 

Would you have any copy of the OpenTransport disk by any chance?

After installing the software for my ethernet card (Farallon), I could not get my internet to work until I installed Open Transport.  Then it was a cake walk.  I was using OS7, an…

I've put the project on hold for a while until I have some more time for it. So sorry, Can't help you further. The iMac G3 should have an intergrated ethernet port though, any rea…

Hi, Did you get this working? I have a Dayna pocket SCSI/Ethernet box Im trying to use to connect a Classic to an old iMac G3 - the candy coloured ones.

gdanie said: I've done this several times.  My 700mhz g3 iMac is a fully featured machine, as far as I'm concerned. Especially since its maxed out in RAM.  OS9 has all you ne…

I could definitely do what I need to do on the net with my Powermac 6100 -- itd be sorta pokey, but y'know //wthww

I've done this several times.  My 700mhz g3 iMac is a fully featured machine, as far as I'm concerned. Especially since its maxed out in RAM.  OS9 has all you need, especially on t…

In my mind, "put Ubuntu on a Power Mac G4" isn't really very exciting. It would have qualified for the first RetroChallenge, but it seems like RC has become more project-based. The…

Gentlemen, please...

Hi WilyKat, about this card, do you want to sell it perhaps?  I have a Quadra 800 that needs an upgrade.

Alright, Mr. Stick-in-the-mud, but this thread is about PowerPC for modern tasks, so if that isn't interesting to you...

The one about Macintoshes with 680x0 processors. "Modern" PPC on isn't terribly interesting, especially with OS X >10.2/any cross-platform Unix. Just run an x86 box, less ha…

IPalindromeI said: Well jeez, then you'd be just running Ubuntu on crustier hardware. Whoop de doo. Click to expand... Crusty hardware -- you know forum you're on, right?