2026 PowerPC Challenge, is it happening?

[Certificate of Excellence]

"We shall see what we will see." lil' trivia bit, quote from what movie?

Victoria?

edit: I think I'll try new thermal compound for the first time on the QS when the MDD slides in. It's so nice that each time I've needed to replace my main OS9 graphics suite machine, I've had an upgrade backup ready and waiting to bring online. Looks like I've finally reached the end of the line some twenty years later: DA466 -> QS Dual 1GHz -> MDD '03

I've not deviated from AS5 for all my macs except the few instances where I used 2mm thermal pads. AS5 works really well for me. I thought about trying Grizzly Kryonaut as it does test as superior but what Ive read is that it is really stiff and hard to spread. I seem to have squirelled away a lifetime supply of partially used AS5 tubes around here so I've not been too tempted as of late.

I dont use OS9 really but the machine I have it on is a QS ... I have a separate installation on an ext fw drive too. Pretty snappy box & OS.
I can see how folks like classic macos for productivity and photography work.

 

[Trash80toG4]

My recollection of my Mac mini 1.42 is that it runs native OS9 (installed via the Mac9Lives CD) pretty well, but is a bit sluggish in Classic mode in OSX. It seemed mostly a matter of the slow HD, which hampers OSX rather more than it seems to slow OS9.

Yep, I thought I recalled them getting it running on a mini. Was almost tempted into trying it on the 12" AlBook. But for the speed hit, I'd probably prefer to have menus on its 1024x768 panel and 1600x1200 as my work screen than the mini's 1920x1200 on only a single screen. A 320 pixel strip on the wide screen side of things is pretty much wasted IMO. 4:5 workspace is far superior for my work anyway. 1024x768 on the side is over twice the screen real estate as that less than what I would consider useful strip of pixels on a wide screen.

 

[Trash80toG4]

Victoria?

Nope, not the one I'm thinking of, but maybe there too. Think Erica Eleniak in an action movie.

Got linkage for your ASS of choice? Heh! Now that I look again with readers on, I'm thinking Arctic Silver #5?

 

[phunguss]

Nope, not the one I'm thinking of, but maybe there too. Think Erica Eleniak in an action movie.

Got linkage for your ASS of choice? Heh! Now that I look again with readers on, I'm thinking Arctic Silver #5?

Under Siege (Steven Segal)?

 

[Trash80toG4]

Yep! He was still spry and not such a head case at that point in his career. I think it was a Gary Busy line?

Man, am I ever exhausted! Moved the MDD from my temporary bench over the futon onto the rolling filing station that lives in front of the TelCo rack. All done single/wrong handed. Recovering from shoulder surgery sucks, then again Workman's Comp is paying me to waste away this toy time when I'm not doing PT sessions at home or there. Moving all the crap out of the way to roll the cart out there and back was the worst of it, but I did get the main workstation area and more vacuumed up while I was at it!

And now to order the pair of DVI -> HDMI cables needed to hook it up to the new USB3 KVM switch.