Software for macOS 9Īs MacOS 9 was retired the better part of two decades ago, most of the software is considered abandoned and available freely on the internet (free doesn’t necessarily mean legal, but it seems that blind eyes are turned). A callback to a simpler time where notifications didn’t ping at you constantly, and icons didn’t bounce around trying to draw your attention away from what you’re trying to actually do. Still, it looks neat and is a bit of fun to use. Then it crashes for no reason because it has no memory protection or true multitasking, and some application has installed a system extension that conflicts with another, and I have to reboot YET AGAIN. It’s understated, keeps out of the way while I do things, minimalist. In hindsight, I probably should have dropped the resolution while taking screenshots. I’ve kitted it out with a compact flash card in place of the old spinning IDE hard disk to cut down on the noise. This is my attempt (and failure, and consolation prize) to remedy that, using a Raspberry Pi and Linux.īut first – why not check out some of my other projects:Ī massive 256MB of memory and a 400Mhz PowerPC G4 Processor. The answer was pretty much yes – except for email and web browsing. There’s still a lot of good software for these old macs – and the simplicity of them is kind of nice, so I thought – could I use one for modern day-to-day tasks? If you weren’t around – it’s just as bad to use as it looks. That mouse is just as bad to use as you may remember. Why did I get it? Because it looks cool, and I really like the late 90’s/early 2000’s design of Apple’s hardware. In this project, I will be putting a vintage Apple Macintosh to use with Linux and Raspberry Pi!
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