Since finally getting much of my vintage computer collection back into a usable location I’ve somewhat run back into a kick of playing around with the old machines and watching / reading media related to them, their operating systems, what have you. It’s been a nice break from work, current events, and music related studies …
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My Power Mac G5 – One Year Later
June 2nd marked one year since a work colleague gave (yes, gave) me a Power Mac G5 computer – my first working Macintosh system and, of more interesting note, a specimen of the last generation of PowerPC based Macintosh computers. With me being the kind of tech enthusiast I am the machine was naturally a …
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The State Of My Power Mac G5
I mentioned this past week that I was spending some time using the Power Mac G5 which I had been given for free by a work friend this past Summer. Off and on through the past week I’ve really been having fun just using it for what it is – playing some games, exploring early …
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Spending A Day With My Power Mac G5
I’ve been in the process ,over the past few weeks… er, months… of changing the front room in my house into a gaming room / office. It’s a small room, I’d say maybe 12×12, but is lined up in just the right way to lay out things the way I want to. The old entertainment …
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An Unexpected Entry Into The World Of The Macintosh – Part 4 – So, What Can I Do With The G5?
In the previous article, I went over the gist of how I fixed a small problem with my “new” PowerMac G5 – the lack of a boot chime. After a few days of really working with the machine and trying to figure out the reason, I would find out it was really something as simple …
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An Unexpected Entry Into The World Of The Macintosh – Part 3 – Repairing The Power Mac G5
At this point in our story I had a Power Mac G5, the last of the Power PC based Macintosh computers, in my possession. It worked but with a quirk in that it didn’t make the traditional “boot chime” that (until recently) all Macintosh computers had. This bugged me enough that I set out to …
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New Old Computers, A Week Off, And More – An Update
Oh, hi. You might remember me. My name is Chris, and I’m the guy who used to write an article a day here at Xadara, but over the past 6 months has cut back on this, much to his own displeasure. As much as I’m trying to get back to heavy writing, I wind up …
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