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Community Marketplace / Re: FS/FA Mac mini G4 Upgraded with SSD & Pre-installed Mac OS 9
« Last post by davecom on Today at 05:07:31 PM »
Another mini pre-installed with Mac OS 9 is now available:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126433161881

This is a 1.42 Ghz model in excellent cosmetic condition. I put in a 128 GB SSD via an IDE to mSATA adapter. The combo drive works well too.
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Video Cards, Monitors & Displays / Re: Issues with GeForce 4MX - iMac G4 - M6498 (EMC 1956)
« Last post by Greystash on Today at 05:06:30 PM »
Thanks joevt! That's interesting and answers a few questions I've had in the past!

I tried adding `probe-all` to the beginning of my script, and `banner` to the end, which resulted in the errors displayed in the image below. There is a "can't OPEN device" error, and several USB related errors. The Open Firmware console also locked up so a had to reboot holding the power button, wait for programmers tone etc. until OFW loaded.

Instead I substituted `probe-all` with `probe-pci`, and that seemed to work. No errors and it doesn't complain about not finding the GPU device.  :D

Unfortunately this didn't change anything regarding GPU support, and I couldn't see any difference within Apple System Profiler. I'm not expecting this to work, its just an experiment but I did expect to see some differences reported in Apple System Profiler.

If you run `probe-all`, or `probe-pci` within the nvramrc, will it run again afterwards as part of the boot process (overwriting changes), or does this hijack the default boot process?

I'll do some more digging later.

Thanks again joevt!
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Software / Re: OS 9 ChatGPT client
« Last post by Greystash on Today at 03:28:02 PM »
No worries!

The details in this post are a little out of date now, so as a quick update:
- GPT 3.5 is 100% free to use
- GPT 4 and image generation require a registration
- No monthly usage fees, just a one time registration if you want to use the better AI models
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Software / Re: OS 9 ChatGPT client
« Last post by MacTron on Today at 12:53:29 PM »
This allow a great step in to the 21st century to our beloved Mac Os 9 desktops.  ;D
Even today we can't measure the impackt of ChatGPT. Awesome, thank you.
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Software / Re: Blokz RAVE released
« Last post by MacTron on Today at 12:40:26 PM »
Awesome, thank you. It's really impressive to see new software for Mac Os 9 nowadays. ;D
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Logic Audio by Emagic / Re: XSKey Emulator for Logic 5 & 6
« Last post by AtariMan on Today at 12:23:22 PM »
Quote from: Windoze on Yesterday at 11:16:02 AM
After a lot of work I'm proud to present a full XSKey Emulator for Logic 5 & 6.
Please read the included Readme for Installation & Removal Instructions.

This is for OS 9 only. I might make an OS X Version some time later but this needs some Research first...

Since my XSKey had to die for the greater good I'm searching for a spare.
I don't care which Licenses it has or even only Demos. Let me know if you have one you don't need.
Thank you very much for your work! We are looking forward to XSKey for Mac OS X. It would be cool to flash the extracted firmware into a blue key with demo versions.
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Hardware / Mac mini G4 Screws
« Last post by davecom on Today at 11:55:05 AM »
Hi All,

Does anyone know what the type/length/width of the three Phillips screws that connect the Mac mini G4's housing to its case are? I need to buy a bunch of replacement ones for several of them.

Thanks in advance (image attached of which screws I'm talking about).
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Off Topic / Re: On today’s date - 1976
« Last post by DieHard on Today at 11:47:45 AM »
Damn, I didn't just upset the Apple cart, I blew it up :)
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Mac OS 9, Hacks & Upgrades / HELP Board changes...
« Last post by aBc on Today at 09:58:13 AM »
Quote from: Knezzen on Today at 08:53:01 AM
I just gave the help board to the Reply Only permission so no new topics can be created, but there's still the possibility to reply to existing topics.

Why?
Well, if you look into the board it's more of a "everything fits" bucket than anything else. More or less all topics in the HELP board can be moved to their respective "correct" board and be more or less on topic there, making it easier to find stuff.

This is what we intend to do going forward, but it will take some time to move everything, hence the topics already created can still be posted in but no new topics can be created.

Over and out  8)
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Community Marketplace / Re: Two Marathon G4 PowerRack (Quicksilver)
« Last post by PPC_505 on Today at 09:43:27 AM »
Quote from: IIO on April 05, 2024, 11:43:03 AM
i am actually looking for one, but it should be already in europe of course.

and i also would not mind to get a case which is a bit deeper (or higher?) so that i can add some extra modifications/periphery.

my knowlegde about topics such as "airflow" or "grounding" is around zero. is that a problem when i use a case not specifically made for a quicksilver?


I can't speak specifically for the QS, but I would think if you can find riser studs that match up with the logic board, you could do some punching and screwing with a standard PC case backplane to make it work. Absolute worst case, you can always make something out of wood or plexi.
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