Spent the entire day building a modern *nix ecosystem for the 12" 1.5GHz #PowerbookG4 with the new #SSD drive.
#MacPorts is such a great tool and community with archives for atleast some prebuilt packages.
Thanks!
In total 266 packages installed today. Not done yet though but managed to get the essentials including:
- bash 5.3.9_0
- gcc14 14.3.0_0
- openssh 10.3p1_0
- openssl3 3.6.1_0
- python314 3.14.5_0
- zsh 5.9_3
#VintageMac #PowerPC #Macintosh #Retrocomputing #PPC #Apple #OSX
Today I did something fun!
On my left is my dear old 1GHz #Powerbook #G4. The best machine i've ever owned. But it's been around and seen better days.
Bought an upgrade: 1.5GHz, 1.25GB of RAM and 2x the VRAM.
Though just a CD-RW instead of a my broken DVD Burner. And the display is so much brighter, and the keys feels brand new!
Ordered an #msata to de adapter and disk just in case, but don't know if i want to use it.
#PowerPC #VintageComputing #VintageMac #PPC #Macintosh #Retrocomputing
Sorting and organizing 3.5" #floppy disks by brand and colour.
#floppydisk #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #floppy #diskette #storage
Bought an #SSD Upgrade to the #Powerbook G4 12" 1.5GHz
- chenyang mSATA Mini SATA SSD to IDE 44Pin
- Transcend MSA230 128GB mSATA SSD
Opening up this computer takes some commitment. And while I was in there I also lubricated the CPU fan to fix some noise. Then booted the computer from an external #Firewire disk and restored the #Sorbert Leopard image.
#VintageMac #Retrocomputing #PPC #PowerbookG4 #G4 #msata #Macintosh #PowerPC #osx
This brings back memories: #Diablo2
Though I prefer #Diablo 1 and I've already installed #DevilutionX, it's been so long since i've played D2.
And everything is so snappy on #OSX #Leopard with an #SSD so I've spent hours installing stuff in general just as an excuse to play with the machine.
Time to play on this portable mac gaming powerhouse:
#PowerbookG4 12" 1.5GHz
#Nvidia GeForce FX Go 5200
128GB SSD
1.25GB RAM
64MB VRAM
#Apple #Macintosh #VintageMac #PowerPC #PPC #Retrocomputing #mac
#Rougecraft DX - https://thalamusdigital.itch.io/roguecraft-dx-mega
What a fantastic game - a mix between #Zelda and #diablo
Copied it to a #floppy to play on the #Mega65!
Last evening I downloaded the #GUI64 v1.97 to the #C64 Core on the #Mega65. Connected the #SD2IEC device and the #mouSTer.
It just worked - including the scroll wheel on the mouse!
(Used OBS Studio and the Capture Card to connect the Mega65 to get the CRT look with a background image just for fun.)
I'm now very intrigued to buy #C64OS so I also can combine this setup with the #TeensyROM for networking. Using as much peripherals as I can.
After some searching I found one of my old #iPods. The 3rd gen iPod nano. Could not find my older 4th gen iPod (ClickWheel).
I could load new music from my Mac Studio with MacOS Tahoe directly to the iPod with the #apple music app and then manage the library on #iTunes on #OSX 10.5 Leopard on my 12" #Powerbook G4
With a bad battery and even worse display I loaded up the #iPod with some #PowerMetal and headed out on a sunday walk.
#VintageMac #Retrocomputing
#PowerPC #PPC #Leopard #ipodnano
Today I benchmarked the two #Powerbook 12" against each other. My original companion from 2003 against the newly purchased one from 2005.
The 1GHz with 768MB & 100GB HDD - 10.4:
- Geekbench 2 score: 530
- Xbench 1.3 score: 37.15
The 1.5GHz with 1280MB RAM & 128GB SSD - 10.5:
- Geekbench 2 Score: 635
- Xbench 1.3 score: 53.69
- Xbench 1.3 score with old HDD: 44.37
#VintageMac #Retrocomputing #Apple #Geekbench #Xbench #PowerPC #PPC #Tiger #Leopard #OSX #Macintosh
Because the 12" Powerbooks uses Nvidia GPU they are a bit more complicated than the 15" and 17" with ATI/AMD. But it can be done. During the 6 years it was my main computer back in the days it was popular to run OpenBSD on them.
Though I plan to use #macports to compile/install a modern *nix ecosystem onto #OSX 10.5 Leopard. WIth a modern GCC, OpenSSL, OpenSSH, Rust, Python etc.
There's a modern browser #Powerfox that works great.