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...

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?

Well jeez, then you'd be just running Ubuntu on crustier hardware. Whoop de doo.

PPC hardware.

Is the objective of this challenge to use the PPC hardware, or use retro software? My Dual 1 GHz MDD G4 running Lubuntu 14.04 PPC is a competent machine. Current mainline builds o…

ianj said: I was actually saying that I'm interested in the general idea for Mac OS 9 (but not for OS X). While I would probably not do a formalized "challenge," I am casuall…

I was actually saying that I'm interested in the general idea for Mac OS 9 (but not for OS X). While I would probably not do a formalized "challenge," I am casually experimenting w…

I agree with ianj (and Cory). And when I tried to use a Kanga indefinitely it was just flatly impossible given the need to interface with modern networks (of which I am not the ad…

Totally possible, but slow. When I interned at the local newspaper office where I wrote articles on a Mac mini powered by a G4 processor (it was the original MacMini from 2005.) Wh…

I was challenged to up the ante and use my LCIII for a couple of days. With Mulberry, BBEdit and MS Office I was able to work quite happily - although I did later run into some dif…

For reasons already mentioned by Cory5412, I have difficulty considering machines running older versions of Mac OS X to be "retro" anything, and I don't find the idea of using it t…

Really not much of a challenge.  I did just this (involuntarily) last month, and it really wasn't too painful.  My Retina MacBook died (the backlight would come on, the fans would …

A1106. 

Is it an A1106 or A1095? c

A 15" PowerBook G4 (1.5GHz, 2GB RAM, 40GB HDD) has been ordered! I also ordered an 80GB Western Digital 9.5mm 2.5" IDE hard drive, which I will upgrade it with.

If you haven't already bought a TiBook, don't. They're very pretty, but they're a pain to take apart and maintain and they're quite physically unreliable. I also never found them t…

Would a standard PC mini-USB drive work if I used a mini-USB to 2 USB ports cable? Edit: Would a powered hub help? I can't find the cable. Edit 2: The model I'm getting has USB 2…

It doesn't. The USB SuperDrive requires a modern Mac without an internal SuperDrive, it takes more power from the USB ports. MacBook Pro with Retina display MacBook Air iMac (lat…

OK! Edit: Total: US$75-ish. Can probably be offset by selling some stuff (like my iBook G3). Also, does Apple's USB SuperDrive/MacBook Air SuperDrive work with OS X Leopard on a …