Search results

Haven't seen any others post their plans, so I'll bite :) I spent a good chunk of yesterday planning and getting things set up for the next couple weeks. For my primary computing needs during the PowerPC Challenge, I’m using a Power Mac G5 1.8 GHz (PowerMac7,2). It’s been upgraded with 2 GB RAM...

I am! https://mastodon.social/@scj

Is the photo of the commands you ran? If so: you'll want to run the commands again and on line 4, instead of literally putting START, use 409640 and instead of SIZE, use 77468336

You can use TenFourFox Intel, but the RAM limitations make it nearly unusable--it loves to crash. I haven't tried openemu on mine, would love to hear how it works for you!

I haven't (yet) added support for attachments, but you can send text and emoji (I use the Symbola font for emoji on Leopard).

One issue I had last year was the inability to use iMessage and SMS properly from my PowerPC Macs, since I am a heavy user of the Messages app on my modern Macs. I found a few different solutions for this, but nothing I found worked quite the way I wanted--so I took matters into my own hands! I...

I had a great time last year, excited to go back again this year!

Very cool seeing this on 512 MB! I'm sure it is a heck of a lot more usable. While I didn't notice an improvement with the 10.5.8 kernel on 256 MB, I'll try some ideas I have to fix audio and upload the result! Thanks for bringing this up. There isn't a proper composite output, but if you set...

I've uploaded a new "v2" 10.5.8 image to the download locations linked in the original post. It contains the following improvements over the original images: Disabled Spotlight, Software Update, and iOS syncing to save RAM and improve performance Fixed display of model identifier and memory...

I've uploaded the Tiger and Leopard images to Macintosh Garden, for faster downloading: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/mac-os-x-apple-tv-1st-generation

There's a nice boost with 10.6.8 :) https://browser.geekbench.com/geekbench2/2728474

Snow Leopard on the Apple TV I've uploaded two Snow Leopard images to the link in the first post, one for 10.6.3 and one for 10.6.8. The reason for two images will be explained below. Running Snow Leopard introduces some problems, notably: The time is blank. As in, there is no time. When...

Unfortunately the Pentium M processor in the Apple TV is 32-bit only, and Lion was only compiled for 64-bit. IIRC the first developer preview still had 32-bit code, but from recollection, that was not a pleasant build to use.

You can access the internal HDD while booted from USB. I have not tried restoring the image that way, but theoretically it could work.

Fixing the issues with Snow Leopard isn't going so well. I'm not sure what the root cause of these issues are, but it's almost like mathematical operations are not working correctly: The time is blank. As in, there is no time. When trying to set the date and time, it goes negative (??!!) When...

Yes, I will be providing an image once I have things in a somewhat usable state :)

Well, Snow Leopard booted right up connected to a TV with component video, and after completing setup, works perfectly fine with HDMI on the monitor I was previously using! Unfortunately, there are some significant issues that I need to work out. But hey, it does work, and it feels smoother than...

As an update, I've been working on getting Snow Leopard running on the Apple TV. I have it booting most of the way, but the system reboots when the WindowServer starts. I need to do some more experimentation with different video connections and resolutions, as well as some driver nonsense to see...

For me, it is a novelty, but it could be used as a file or media server around the home. These are cheap and don't use much power.

Ah, I'll let it continue in the background then. Thanks for the heads up! Edit: It completed! I'll finish up the listing later, have some other things to attend to!