Relatives who showed up today delivered unannounced devices!

This #PowerMacintosh G3 desktop looks, from the outside, to be in good shape. It even came with a keyboard and two mice, and the "getting started" box. No idea where the optical drive went, though.

Update: there's a DVD drive! It's just pitch black and recessed far back into the case.

I'm not going to even connect a power lead until I open it up and check the motherboard. Fingers crossed.

#Retrocomputing #Macintosh #PowerPC

#Tech #Computer #RetroTech #Retro #RetroTechnology #RetroComputers #VintageComputer #RetroComputing #Magazine #PowerMacintosh #Apple #VintageAd #PowerComputing #Macintosh9600 #ClassicMac #CreativeComputing #OldComputers

EDIT: It has found a home.
#Free to a good home: Another Umax Storm Surge motherboard from 1996 with two ASPD slots and no ambiguous notes. :apple_inc:
#RetroComputing #VintageComputers #PowerPC #ASPD #PowerMacintosh #Umax #MacClone #MultiProcessor

EDIT: It is taken.
#Free to a good home: A Umax Storm Surge motherboard from 1996 with two ASPD slots. This was stored with a note with a question mark. I recognize the handwriting, but have no clue what that's supposed to mean. 🤔 :apple_inc:
#RetroComputing #VintageComputers #PowerPC #ASPD #PowerMacintosh #Umax #MacClone #MultiProcessor

EDIT: It has found a home.
#Free to a good home: A Power Macintosh 9500 motherboard from 1995 with five sticks of RAM. Untested, but I cleared out old hardware a few years ago and wouldn't have held onto anything that wasn't working at the time. :apple_inc:
#Macintosh #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #PowerPC #ASPD #PowerMacintosh

EDIT: It is gone.

#Free to a good home: A 604e ASPD card from a 1996 #PowerMacintosh. :apple_inc:
#Macintosh #RetroComputing #VintageComputers

Let’s do this thing! #PowerMacintosh

On this #PiDay 1994—30 years ago!—Apple introduced its first computers using the all-new #PowerPC chip.

Read all about those new cool PowerMacs in your favourite Mac magazine (1.5 months later, those were the times):

* MacWorld (May 1994):
https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_9405_May_1994

* MacUser (May 1994) https://archive.org/details/MacUser9405May1994

#MARCHintosh #PowerMacintosh

@Two9A About twenty years ago now, I found a #PowerMacintosh 8500 in the trash and decided to take it. The hardware was flaky, I had to mess with DIP switches on a VGA adapter, and I knew nothing about macOS 9 at that point.

But, like you, my first real Mac (and laptop) came when found a cheap #PowerBook G3 when I got to college. I bought a hard drive, some memory, and a boxed copy of #macOS Tiger. It was old by then, but it served me well until I got an Intel-based MacBook Pro.

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ Mac ✧

The Mac (known as the Macintosh until 1999) is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The product lineup includes the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops, and the iMac, Mac Mini, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro desktops. Macs are sold with the macOS operating system, previously known as OS X. The Macintosh project...

#Macintosh #Apple #PowerMacintosh #MacBookAir #GoyōHashiguchi #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_(computer)

The Power Macintosh 6500’s software bundle sure loaded a lot of extensions 😬

#apple #macintosh #powermacintosh
#retrocomputing #vintagemac
#softwarebloat

:apple_inc: Apple Power Macintosh 9500

.. so very brittle 😅

#apple #powermacintosh #macintosh
#vintagemac #retrocomputing

Brain transplant morning for my MDD G4 #PowerMacintosh.

@mightyspaceman This brings back memories. I created a similar 3D diagram for work back ‘94 with Strata Studio on a Macintosh Quadra 700 that had been converted to a Power Mac 700 via an expansion card.

https://youtu.be/VfRiRlIiNzs?si=0KBdbb4xo6FH_d4l

Thank you for reminding me of that project. It was a lot of fun and very educational.

#powermacintosh #quadra700 #stratastudio

Had anyone been able to successfully install #MacOS 9.2.2 on a #PowerMacintosh 7100-class system? I’m on 9.1 but there were a bunch of good performance improvements in 9.2.2 that I’d love to get on my system. I’ve tried OS9Helper but that hasn’t worked. Was thinking I’d use MachID to change the gestalt value to another #PowerPC 601 system to try that but wanted to see if anyone else had cracked the code

Apple Power Macintosh G3

#apple #macintosh #powermacintosh
#vintagemac #retrocomputing

Everyone, I present to you my very first purchase on #Amazon way back on the 27th of April, 1998. #mklinux #powermacintosh #retrocomputing #powerpc

:apple_inc: Apple Power Macintosh 7100

Any love for first generation PowerPC Macs?

This Mac is in excellent shape and runs great 😀

#MARCHintosh #apple #macintosh
#powermacintosh #powerpc
#powermacintosh7100
#retrocomputing #vintagemac

Power Macintosh

#powermacintosh #powerpc
#apple #powercomputing #radius

:apple_inc: This Power Macintosh 4400 is up for an upgrade soon, I’d say!

#apple #macintosh #powermacintosh
#powermacintosh4400
#msdos #retrocomputing