Recent content by GondolinOnMyMind

So, like Borat would put it: "Great success!" I do now have a running A/UX 3.1.1 installation. And it was quite a lot simpler process than I originally thought. The only minor obstacle was how to write boot diskette with modern MBA, but after a bit of searching and two tries, it was a success...

Thanks everybody for your input. Good advice there. I'll try the route to install it myself. The idea of installation has been somewhat intimidating due to almost absurd hardware requirements (this particular cdrom drive, that particular model etc), so I thought readymade image would be nice...

This sounds doable. Could you maybe give a bit of advice how to proceed?

Did check that. It was on.

So I replaced the memory down to 20 MB. But that did not help. The first error did change though to reflect smaller amount of memory. edit: 4 MB on the digital board + 16 MB.

All, Based on instructions on https://github.com/unxmaal/aux_sdcard I downloaded the image and copied that onto a sd card. That went well. The issue arises when the os is booting and ”A/UX Startup” is being run. I include messages both as pics and as text for search engines. First error...

One thing to keep in mind is the thickness of the new SIMM boards. The original board is quite remarkably thicker than newer boards, so those might not sit well without either rubberband or similar fastening the SIMM in position, or 3d-printed clips...

Slightly off topic: If you're interested running linux on G4 or G5 there are options. There is a Debian 32-bit PPC net installer on http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2024-02-25/ This of course requires that your NIC is recognised by the OS. Also there are at least Adelie linux...

Anybody got any thoughts on this? Do double sided SIMMs work in iMac G4?

All, I would be interested to upgrade the current display adapter on my 450MHz cube. I've seen a guide (here, I guess) of how to take a XFX 6200 and burn new ROM onto it. The guide and on the Mac Elite site it says to use exactly one model "XFX Geforce 6200, PV-T44A-WANG 256MB DDR2". Those are...

All, I'm trying to increase the max memory of this iMac. Currently there is a PC-133 256MB SIMM on the internal slot and 512MB SO-DIMM on outer slot. The SIMM on the inside slot is currently single sided. All the other PC-133 SIMMs I do have are double sided, and those are NOT recognised at...

All, This is a 450MHz G4 cube model M7886. I’m trying to install debian 12 (netinstall cd) onto this, but the nic is not recognised, and thus installation fails when source would be mounted. Which nic is in this Mac? Any hints and ideas are welcome. Actually my only target is to have modern...

Absolutely fantastic work. Such a huge project and only two mistakes. Incredible

Like Mark Twain said, reports of IPv4's death are a great exaggeration. IPv4 is not going away in anytime soon. Address space may be exhausted but the protocol itself is so deeply in modern internet that replacing it with IPv6 (or any other version or protocol) is not going to happen in the...

All, What are the actual differences between those two? From the Macintosh garden: "Shuriken is the official follow-up project to Sorbet Leopard, as well as the direct successor to the AquaTrimcelerator / AquaSuite Mac OS X 10.4 utility packages, in addition to being the ultimate culmination in...