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Jjoevt replied to the thread Reinstall Mac OS on iBook G3 clamshell with only USB port?.Found this which says Mac OS 9 can be booted from USB for some Macs...
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Jjoevt replied to the thread Reinstall Mac OS on iBook G3 clamshell with only USB port?.What version of Open Firmware does it have? Open Firmware 3.2.4f1 and later should be bootable by USB. See the list of Open Firmware...
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Jjoevt replied to the thread Software Update Server Mirrors.Hopper doesn't decompile PowerPC. Just disassemble. You'll need something else for decompiling. IDA, Ghidra, Binary Ninja, I don't know.
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Jjoevt replied to the thread G4 Digital Audio and 20" (A1038) Cinema Display -- goes blank on bootup.I would try putting the installer into a partition of the hard drive if you can't boot CD or DVD or FireWire.
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Jjoevt replied to the thread G4 Digital Audio and 20" (A1038) Cinema Display -- goes blank on bootup.Why don't you have 10.4 or 10.5 installed? Use a screen sharing app so you can see what the OS is seeing when the display goes blank? I...
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Jjoevt replied to the thread PowerMac compatible PCI-X (64bit) extension cards.I would like a 64-bit PCI-X to PCIe bridge so I could try getting more than 133 MB/s from a PCIe device in a Yosemite/Yikes (266 MB/s)...
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Jjoevt replied to the thread DB15 to DB15 Apple VGA cable pin-out.I'm not sure how this would work. The VGA connector of the KVM might have a diode to select VGA mode from a Mac? But such diodes...
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Jjoevt replied to the thread DB15 to DB15 Apple VGA cable pin-out.I believe the intricacies are usually at the computer end and the display end. The KVM cable is just an extension cable. The KVM is...
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Jjoevt replied to the thread DB15 to DB15 Apple VGA cable pin-out.I don't understand the problem. You have 15 pins on one side and 15 pins on the other. Connect one pin on one side to the corresponding...
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Jjoevt replied to the thread ImageWriter II Pi Print Server for Modern Retro Printing.The instructions include these steps: cd /tmp git clone --depth 1...
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Jjoevt replied to the thread New Diagnostic Tool.How does the TechStep serial stuff relate/differ to the Serial Test Manager stuff in Power Macs? The Serial Test Manager can't do...
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Jjoevt replied to the thread Tutorial: Streaming Youtube (or any video content) to PowerPC Macs.AV in older Macs is usually done by DMA into the frame buffer of a graphics controller. This reduces work required by the CPU. I'm not...
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Jjoevt replied to the thread PowerMac 7100 and Linux (and NetBSD).Click the "Toggle BB code" button. Then edit the BB code. Use "Preview" to verify BB code changes. I usually edit posts as "BB code"...
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Jjoevt replied to the thread PowerMac 7100 and Linux (and NetBSD).Your post is missing a [ / code ] Right. I do 1000000 steps at a time usually. Sometimes 10000000. If you know where the code you want...
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Jjoevt replied to the thread PowerMac 7100 and Linux (and NetBSD).I think these lines are disassembled in the Part1.txt output of my DumpMacRom.sh script. I think you have that dump? The lines are 441 -...