The Big Fat PowerPC Mac Post

[punishedgnome]

Not exactly what this thread is about but I got this G3 iMac laying around and I had been thinking about using it as a monitor, possibly for playing retro games and stuff. Anyone tried it? I mean like, somehow bypassing the actual computer and utilizing solely the screen.

Did some Googling after I read your post and found an interesting thread where someone was talking about it here.

Seems like a semi-complicated project where you have to run the signal through some arduinos, but it's doable.

 

[Brapuccino]

oh boy, semi complicated just how i like it!

 

[handoferis]

Not exactly what this thread is about but I got this G3 iMac laying around and I had been thinking about using it as a monitor, possibly for playing retro games and stuff. Anyone tried it? I mean like, somehow bypassing the actual computer and utilizing solely the screen.

GitHub - qbancoffee/imac_g3_ivad_board_init: iMac G3 IVAD board initialization with an arduino

iMac G3 IVAD board initialization with an arduino. Contribute to qbancoffee/imac_g3_ivad_board_init development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

GitHub - wickerwaka/iMacSTer: A MiSTer FPGA inside of an iMac G3

A MiSTer FPGA inside of an iMac G3. Contribute to wickerwaka/iMacSTer development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

 

[Brapuccino]

GitHub - qbancoffee/imac_g3_ivad_board_init: iMac G3 IVAD board initialization with an arduino

iMac G3 IVAD board initialization with an arduino. Contribute to qbancoffee/imac_g3_ivad_board_init development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

GitHub - wickerwaka/iMacSTer: A MiSTer FPGA inside of an iMac G3

A MiSTer FPGA inside of an iMac G3. Contribute to wickerwaka/iMacSTer development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Now we're in business, thanks!

 

[Dark Agent]

Update 2: I just got a PowerMac G4 MDD with an Apple Cinema Display 22" for just 150€, pics coming soon...

 

[punishedgnome]

Update 2: I just got a PowerMac G4 MDD with an Apple Cinema Display 22" for just 150€, pics coming soon...

Nice. This was my first mac back around 2006. I really loved it at the time.

 

[przemub]

It's a very cool post, thanks!

Let me add some of my "modern Linux" experience here.

I hosted a small multi-user server on a Mac Mini G4 from 2015-2020 for my classmates. It handled websites and e-mail for around 15 people like a champ. It ran 24/7 for all these years. Debian 8 is the last version with support for ppc32, and the support being dropped from Debian 9 was the reason I moved the server onto a virtual machine.

I need to find a new purpose for it