nice stuff, we should get some oldschool idm guys on here

just put out a compilation of glitch and experimental electronic pieces made entirely on my Power Mac G4. all but tracks 19 and 20 were done in OS 9. it's a big homage to the Mille Plateaux "PowerBook aesthetic" thing that was happening in the late 90s and early 00s, which was my impetus for getting into OS 9 in the first place... so it's nice to have these out there at last.

all are available on Bandcamp, and some mp3 previews can be found on my (OS 9-accessible) website.

i like https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/3832-Ultra-Red in the background

Ultra-red! hell yeah

hell yeah dude, you're the best!

So, what's your next goal then? Maybe fixing the sound issues?

Funny you should ask. I am almost done with something even bigger... One final issue to iron out and then it's ready. I think you're gonna like it. Stay tuned for an announcement soon.

I would test the 1GB RAM setup first tbh.

Apple said 512MB max, even though 1GB with 2x512 works fine in practice. OS X seems to deal with it no problem, but classic Mac OS has some weird limits around that amount of RAM. For example virtual memory doesnt work with 1GB installed!!!

There was also some old Apple sleep/memory stuff with the Pismo, including the Sleep Memory Extension for older OS 9 versions, so I wouldnt totally rule out OS 9 getting confused during sleep/wake with the full 1GB.

Easiest test would be:

pull one 512MB stick -> boot OS 9 with 512MB -> try sleep/wake a few times ->> then swap sticks and test the other one alone too
should tell you pretty fast if its the 1GB config, one bad DIMM, or prhaps one of the slots/connections.

Since Tiger sleeps and wakes fine I would be less suspicious of the screen, lid switch or general power hardware. well doesnt completely rule it out, but it does make the OS 9 memory/power management side look more likely.

I'd honestly try this before hunting down Apple Hardware Test. Rember is still useful, but RAM can test perfectly fine and OS 9 could still have a problem with the 1GB setup during sleep.

On Tuesday (9/22/2026) I tried to install SheepShaver on the Catalina partition of my Mac Mini with no luck. Most likely due to user error.  Tonight (9/23/2026) I was able to get the disk with the question mark. I am having trouble with installing OS9 using a "virtual" iso. SheepShaver is able to identify my DVD/CD drive and I was able to get get the machine to boot to window 8.1, but then it shutdown is about 5 seconds.

Welcome!

Do you know this former macfixit article?

https://web.archive.org/web/20070807042408/http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20050301010110876

Thanks so much for the link. I wasn’t familiar with it, though it seems geared mostly to OS X (which sleeps without a problem on this PB) I’ll definitely be sure to try everything in it which can still be done in OS 9, though.

Interesting it mentions memory, though. Now I’m wondering if I should track down an Apple HW Test image to see if that’s the issue. Or maybe run Rember from the OS X partition.

This is amazing thanks so much for your work! I haven't tried it yet but I'm looking forward to it! I bought a very small Ethernet to WiFi adapter a while ago and had plans to swap it with the CD drive and solder the connections to the Ethernet port. Very happy I don't need to do this now!

I was just about to propose the same - I'm happy the Cardbus slot works, it's a huuuge improvement as is!

So, what's your next goal then? Maybe fixing the sound issues?