On 10/05/11 12:50 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote:
Go to these sources:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/
http://groups.google.com/group/hq-a?hl=en
For a wealth of information on building a Hack that DOES NOT REQUIRE altering
the OS X installer; you install from the
On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 15:15 -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On May 13, 2011, at 1:50 PM, Ralph Green wrote:
On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 09:46 -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On May 12, 2011, at 7:33 PM, Ralph Green wrote:
I called Apple hardware treacherous. I did not come up with
that term. It
On 10/05/11 12:50 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote:
On May 10, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Jack Countryman wrote:
IPC 10.5.6?? What's IPC mean here, or where do I find that version of
10.5.6? Yeah, I know...you know what you mean, but I'm not that much up to
speed on this
On May 14, 2011, at 1:25 AM, Ralph Green wrote:
I insist on no such thing. I just steer clear of it. No fear
mongering is involved. Just rational analysis.
Hence the use of rational, non-emotional words like 'treacherous' and 'His
Steveness' and 'control freak'. 8-/
The *hardware*
of use in.
It is just a matter of money.
JML
--- On Fri, 5/13/11, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote:
From: Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu
Subject: Re: I am forced to go Intel? Common rant, I guess.
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Date: Friday, May 13, 2011, 9:46 AM
On May
On May 13, 2011, at 9:29 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
If you believe that EFI is some great conspiracy to prevent you from
running another OS on a Mac it is YOU who doesn't understand what
EFI is.
I believe he's referring to TPM, not EFI. My understanding of TPM is
that it's a set of
Bruce,
EFI is fine. BIOS had major problems, since it runs in real mode. It
is TPM that is the problem. Apple certainly used TPM on their early x86
hardware. If they have removed it, that is a good thing. I will have
to search for some real evidence on that matter.
Ralph
On Fri, 2011-05-13
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JML
--- On Fri, 5/13/11, Alex Barnes kab...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Alex Barnes kab...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: I am forced to go Intel? Common rant, I guess.
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Date: Friday, May 13, 2011, 12:25 PM
That already happened. I have found that iMovie is superior to WMM
Linux with it's open-source concepts can't make changes to the proprietary
code that is Flash. If Adobe doesn't compile it for Power PC there's really
nothing the open-source world can do about it.
There are a few Free Software tools to play Flash files but all are
lacking in some way -
On May 12, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Ralph Green wrote:
I used an Ubuntu box, since Firefox 4 doesn't run on
any of my macs. The 1.2 GHz G4 I am eying should be fast enough, if
FF4
gets recompiled for PPC.
Already been done, FF4 for PPC:
http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
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On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 15:14 -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On May 12, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Ralph Green wrote:
Apple's hardware is worthless to me, since I won't buy treacherous
hardware.
Whaaa???
Apple's x86 hardware uses Intel TPM. There are some at Apple who deny
this, but the fact that
The reason why the battery can't be replaced is because it is so large, lasts
10, 7 or 8 hours depending on your model and can take up to 1000 cycles. How
does Steve Jobs decide what runs on Mac OS X??? An iMac with a Radeon 6970
coupled to a Sandy Bridge Core i7 is a bad hardware decision???
On 5/10/11 1:51 PM, Alex Barnes wrote:
You can also go with Linux Mint 10. I prefer it to Ubuntu. You can build a
cheap quad core
system for under $500. Just get your parts form CompUSA.
Oh sure, drive from OKC to where ever there is a CompUSA to buy parts
from a store that laid me off in
On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 20:33 -0600, Alex Barnes wrote:
Just because you have an issue with a store doesn't mean everyone else does.
My CompUSA is 1 mile from my house.
On May 12, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Charles Lenington wrote:
On 5/10/11 1:51 PM, Alex Barnes wrote:
You can also go with Linux
On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 20:03 -0600, Alex Barnes wrote:
The reason why the battery can't be replaced is because it is so large, lasts
10,
7 or 8 hours depending on your model and can take up to 1000 cycles. How does
Steve Jobs decide what runs on Mac OS X??? An iMac with a Radeon 6970
What happened to Yellow Dog Linux PPC?
At least at some point in the past when Apple was still on PPC, that was
the Linux to run, if you needed to run it on Apple hw.
Jerry
On 05/10/11 15:58, Alex Barnes wrote:
PPC linux has terrible 3rd party support. Most versions of software say linux
At 19:18 -0500 5/10/11, Jerry Kemp wrote:
What happened to Yellow Dog Linux PPC?
At least at some point in the past when Apple was still on PPC, that was
the Linux to run, if you needed to run it on Apple hw.
I think the OP's original problem was the fact that Adobe Flash and other
byproducts
I tried it. And hated it. I don't know why though...
On May 10, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Jerry Kemp wrote:
What happened to Yellow Dog Linux PPC?
At least at some point in the past when Apple was still on PPC, that was
the Linux to run, if you needed to run it on Apple hw.
Jerry
On 05/10/11
On May 10, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Jack Countryman wrote:
IPC 10.5.6?? What's IPC mean here, or where do I find that version of
10.5.6? Yeah, I know...you know what you mean, but I'm not that much up to
speed on this stuff anymore, and must have missed the post somewhere that
talks about what
Well, if you know Kalyway, then you know that any hack disc image is
going to have a name. IPC 10.5.6 Final was just one that worked for
this poster. Google it, you'll see downloads available.
On May 10, 12:27 pm, Jack Countryman jcoun...@mac.com wrote:
IPC 10.5.6?? What's IPC mean here, or
IPC is the distro of 10.5.6 that I used. I recommend it, out of all the ones
I've tried, it's the best. It has all the drivers and patches needed for the
two systems I mentioned before.
-Jonas
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On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote:
A hand me down PC laptop and a copy of Leopard might even be cheaper.
In my experience, Leopard is only inexpensive if you happen to already
own a retail copy of it which you can re-purpose. Otherwise Snow
At 22:36 -0400 5/9/11, admin wrote:
Adobe Flash 10.2 Intel only, I believe. Web sites are starting not to work
under Leopard and Firefox Camino 2.0.7, Firefox 3.6.17, Safari 5.0.5. I can
do everything I need to and still use Classic Programs with my G4 computers.
I'd rather invest in
You can also go with Linux Mint 10. I prefer it to Ubuntu. You can build a
cheap quad core system for under $500. Just get your parts form CompUSA.
On May 10, 2011, at 12:46 PM, Doug McNutt wrote:
At 22:36 -0400 5/9/11, admin wrote:
Adobe Flash 10.2 Intel only, I believe. Web sites are
For web browsing, movie watching, and word processing, you wouldn't even
need a quad core. You could easily use a P4 system. I'm using a P4 3.2GHZ
machine and it runs pretty fast. You could get a descent P4 system for
$100-$150 easy.
-Jonas
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On May 10, 1:46 pm, Doug McNutt dougl...@macnauchtan.com wrote:
Give some serious consideration to using ubuntu Linux on a used or otherwise
cheap Intel machine.
If the OP wants Flash, Linux PPC is not the way to go. Last time I
tried Ubuntu on a G5, Flash support was horrible. Had a lot of
PPC linux has terrible 3rd party support. Most versions of software say linux
but don't specify that it's x86 or x64 only. You can pull it off though. You'll
need Debian Linux as it has the best PPC support.
On May 10, 2011, at 2:08 PM, imrazor wrote:
On May 10, 1:46 pm, Doug McNutt
At 10:21 PM -0500 5/9/2011, Kris Tilford wrote:
On May 9, 2011, at 9:36 PM, admin wrote:
[with more context]
Adobe Flash 10.2 Intel only, I believe. Web sites are starting not
to work under Leopard and Firefox Camino 2.0.7, Firefox 3.6.17,
Safari 5.0.5.
I haven't encountered any problems
Adobe Flash 10.2 Intel only, I believe. Web sites are starting not to
work under Leopard and Firefox Camino 2.0.7, Firefox 3.6.17, Safari
5.0.5. I can do everything I need to and still use Classic Programs
with my G4 computers. I'd rather invest in redundancy with machines
and external
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:36 AM, admin oneluc...@mac.com wrote:
Adobe Flash 10.2 Intel only, I believe. Web sites are starting not to work
under Leopard and Firefox Camino 2.0.7, Firefox 3.6.17, Safari 5.0.5. I can
do everything I need to and still use Classic Programs with my G4 computers.
I moved to Intel, but there is no way I'm ever going to pay Apple prices.
You can pick up a PC for under $100 and run Leopard on it. That is the
cheapest way to go Intel.
-Jonas
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On May 9, 2011, at 9:36 PM, admin wrote:
Adobe Flash 10.2 Intel only, I believe.
I haven't encountered any problems with the final PPC Adobe Flash
10.1.102.64. What problems have you encountered?
Web sites are starting not to work under Leopard and Firefox Camino
2.0.7, Firefox 3.6.17,
I haven't encountered any problems with the final PPC Adobe Flash
10.1.102.64. What problems have you encountered?
Didn't document but an online mainstream newspaper asked for 10.2.
I did just install 10.1.102.64, so will see how that does.
Web sites are starting not to work under
On 2011/05/09 20:36, admin so eloquently wrote:
Adobe Flash 10.2 Intel only, I believe. Web sites are starting not to
work under Leopard and Firefox Camino 2.0.7, Firefox 3.6.17, Safari
5.0.5. I can do everything I need to and still use Classic Programs with
my G4 computers. I'd rather invest in
I'm using a machine with an Intel D915GAG board. Fully supported, though I'm
only running Leopard.
I installed with IPC 10.5.6. Here is the guide I posted on my blog. I posted
guides for a few other cheap Hackintosh machines.
If you want to buy a complete machine that will work, I suggest the
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