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Offline GulliverTopic starter

MorphOS and Power Mac G4
« on: October 31, 2009, 07:11:38 PM »
Does any of you know if there is some attempt at porting MorphOS to the Power Mac G4? Is there some developing going on towards that route?

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PS: Where I live a used MacMini G4 costs aproximately 250 USD and a Power Mac G4 just 100 USD!
 

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Re: MorphOS and Power Mac G4
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2009, 08:30:00 PM »
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Re: MorphOS and Power Mac G4
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2009, 10:24:17 PM »
Thanks @amigagr, but no information on the Power Mac G4, they only mention:
-eMac support in MorphOS 2.5
-PowerBook support sometime later
-Power Mac G5 support very difficult due to 64bit architecture

Anyone know some insider info about Power Mac G4?
 

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Re: MorphOS and Power Mac G4
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2009, 11:24:50 PM »
@Gulliver,

They don't mention it because its not in the current plan. there are to many different models and configurations to support the G4 Mac tower. They have focused on the Mini, EMac, & Powerbook because they all have similar hardware.

I'm not holding my breath on the powerbook/ibook. They will have to support battery,trackpad, and other laptop specific stuff on that one.
 

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Re: MorphOS and Power Mac G4
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2009, 05:16:58 AM »
where I live Mac mini show up RARELY,sell for $200 to$400plus,eMac for $100 and up,and G4 towers from $40 to $400 depending on gullibility;MY G4 tower WITH adc 15" lcd was only $100!(from a person who expected Macs to work just like Windows and who insisted there was no way to hook it to  the Zoomtown(DSL) service.I found the ethernet jack worked just fine for DSL?!
 I suppose that I better grab an eMac before they  become  a hot ebay item.
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Re: MorphOS and Power Mac G4
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2009, 01:45:25 PM »
Emac's go for really cheap these days. I think its beacuse nobody wants to lug a CRT monitor around anymore. I've seen them go for less then $100 around here.
 

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Re: MorphOS and Power Mac G4
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2009, 01:58:53 PM »
Well, eMacs are okay. Powerbooks for those who want something portable are nice, but then for the ones like me who really want a solid Mac machine, Power Macs G4 are the way to go.
I am dissappointed the are no plans no the Power Mac G4, it would be a cheap, good looking, easy expandable MorphOS entry workstation.
I dont like eMacs, their all-in-one design is not really fancy for me.
 

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Re: MorphOS and Power Mac G4
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2009, 02:06:23 AM »
Mac mini 1.25 deal made,going to get it tomorrow.Just couldn't find 1.5 at price good for me.Unit has 512 ram,80gb hd  so  hoping to set up dual-boot choice.

NO optical drive in this one;so what is best way to load MorphOS?

Should I use Apple keyboard and mouse from other mac or Windows keyboard and mouse  for best morphOS use?
 

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Re: MorphOS and Power Mac G4
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2009, 03:05:09 AM »
Congrats on the Emac deal recidivist. You should be able to get the job done with a thumbdrive and you can currently do that with the mac mini.

No optical drive? Hmm externals are cheap too so you shouldn't have a hard time picking one up at around $49 USD, new.

As far as keyboards I use a circa g4-sawtooth keyboard that works just fine with my mini. Just avoid the Apple aluminum keyboard with the built-in usb hub. Hub will work but not the keyboard.
 

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Re: MorphOS and Power Mac G4
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2009, 01:49:17 PM »
It is a mac mini,not emac.I hope MorphOS developers release eMac version ,too.
I have several  Apple pro keyboards and local store has 4gb thumb drive for $12.Somewhere? I think there was complaint Apple keyboard didn't have all keys needed for MorphOS ......guess I will soon find out!I have a usb iomega dvd/cd r/w-if system sees it or maybe needs drivers downloaded(another Goodwill thrift store purchase)
 

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Re: MorphOS and Power Mac G4
« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2009, 04:01:14 PM »
I think the easiest way to get MOS on any Hardware is when they make a MOS hostet Version simular to AROS hostet or Amithlon.

Users can choose to have MOS as a secondary OS and need not Boot when they want apps that MOS not have.

or make MOS as looks like standalone as Amithlon do and the Linux Kernel run on background.

Apple too use a Linux Kernel.
 

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Re: MorphOS and Power Mac G4
« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2009, 04:08:06 PM »
Quote from: bernd_afa;530489
Apple too use a Linux Kernel.

No they don't.
 

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Re: MorphOS and Power Mac G4
« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2009, 04:52:24 PM »
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I think the easiest way to get MOS on any Hardware is when they make a MOS hostet Version simular to AROS hostet or Amithlon.
 
Users can choose to have MOS as a secondary OS and need not Boot when they want apps that MOS not have.
 
or make MOS as looks like standalone as Amithlon do and the Linux Kernel run on background.
 
Apple too use a Linux Kernel.

 
Really thats probably news to the rest of the planet.   And your suggestion about MorphOS just seems a bit childish given your falling out with some of the devs.   You said you would never use MorphOS so why do you care how it works.
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Re: MorphOS and Power Mac G4
« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2009, 06:16:52 PM »
@recidivist

Where do you live? Move :) Mac Mini's are easily available used here for $200-400 CAD. (in Canada)
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Re: MorphOS and Power Mac G4
« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2009, 07:20:53 PM »
If i'm not mistaken, mac os x it's based on bsd, so it has a unix/linux part on it.
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