Strange. Everything I got from DieHard is on the Hotline server. Was it ever there before?
Good thing Macintosh Garden is available and stable

Are we having fun yet?

Seems that the… Power Mac G4 691-4681-A DVD is missing from the Hotline server (nice picture of it though). You might try the #11 download from Macintosh Garden site - https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/power-mac-g4-software-install-restore

That’s 691-4681-A vs. Z691-4681-A? The first noted as “Restore 1” - and the second noted as simply “Restore”. Again, sorry for the trouble and thanks for pointing out the absence. Site downloads transitioned to the Hotline server around this time last year and maybe everything, quite simply did not make the journey.

Thank you for your help, hotline works now!

But I have a different issue now, I've burned all the provided ISOs to disks, and none of them can be booted by the Power Mac (I get the question mark folder screen). Do I need the last one (Power Mac G4 691-4681-A DVD) that seems to be missing? (only a PNG with a photo of this disc seems to be available)

I've tried the Nostalgia client on multiple intel macs (newer and older), after entering the address and a username (with or without password), it will try to connect for a split second, and then I get back to the login window.

Exactly. Like I wrote, don't put in a username or password and just hit "Connect". Username and nickname are two different things.

Sorry for the difficulties. I don’t think that I ever used (or entered) a username. I might have tried initially to do so - but seem to remember it resulting in similar problems. Instead, simply after entering hotline.macos9lives.com in the Nostalgia client and connecting, I’m able to double-click on the Files folder and select, then access / download… without ever setting up a New Account or using Open Account.



You may note that I then subsequently appear as ‘Nostalgia User’ under the Chat window.



Hope that this may help. It really does work quite well, once you get the hang of it.

Still doesn't work

I've tried the Nostalgia client on multiple intel macs (newer and older), after entering the address and a username (with or without password), it will try to connect for a split second, and then I get back to the login window.

On my main computer that uses Linux, I've tried Obsession, which I've built myself as the project doesn't distribute Linux binaries. There it will give me errors when I try to connect (the server closed the connection). I don't have a Windows machine around to try Pitbull Pro and it doesn't run in wine.

UPDATE: I've manager to download the images using lynx as a gopher client, seems like the slow download speed was caused by the Firefox extension I was using.

There's no username or password for Hotline. Pick your preferred nickname and connect. Not everything on the internet is a gated community

I've tried multiple hotline clients, and they all can't connect.
Are the credentials (username and password) not the same as those on the forum?

I also tried pursuing a different route using gopher, but it is downloading the files at a ridiculously low speed (around 15KB/s).

Thank you for your very detailed reply.
I will try this tonight.

Okay, looks like my ever-helpful colleagues haven’t jumped all over this. So…

If you haven’t figured this out already, go to: https://macos9lives.com/downloads and at the bottom, pick a client suitable for your use. Then you can possibly access the Hotline files for downloading.

Because I’m using an Intel machine, examples from the Nostalgia client here:



For some reason the MDD Restore set is under Diagnostics & Repair… but so are
MacTron’s Bootable Rescue CD & Disk Repair downloads. Again, good luck.