The server is a Linux machine that the HyperCard stacks connect to for extending their functionality.
#MINI VMAC II POWERPC SOFTWARE#
My entire office runs on PowerMac G5 computers, with custom software written in HyperCard over 20 years ago. Looking forward to hearing all about your experiences! We’ll pick some and talk about them on the January 20th show. You can find a lovely selection of period appropriate Macintosh software on the wonderful .ĬHALLENGE START AND END DATESIt starts immediately after the first Mac Yak show of the new year (January 6, 2022) and ends right before the third Mac Yak show of the new year (2 weeks later, January 20). The Mac Yak Discord server will host a brand new channel called #2022-PPC-Challenge where you can help each other out, share tips, stories and more. These pages will link to posts about the Challenge experiences which contain tips, issues participants ran into etc. For tips on this you can check out the pages from previous years:
#MINI VMAC II POWERPC INSTALL#
Inspect your hardware of choice, get the OS up and running, install the software you need, configure your email etc etc. We just want to encourage people to use their PPC as much as possible.īE PREPAREDJanuary is just around the corner and if you want to participate in the challenge along with everyone else, get your stuff in order before the challenge begins. HOW MUCH DO I NEED TO DO ON MY PPC?As much as you can! We don't want anyone to lose their job, so if you need to use a modern computer for that, no problem. Or maybe you'd prefer to make a YouTube vid of your experience? Go for it, and please include the #PPCChallenge hashtag and include a link to your video in this thread. Please share info on the hardware you chose, the software you use, the struggles, the tips and tricks, the frustrations! We ask participants to log their experiences on this thread. YOUR EXPERIENCESWe want to know how it goes for you.
#MINI VMAC II POWERPC UPGRADE#
Hardware upgrades are allowed as long as the CPU upgrade is a PowerPC.No vintage Mac emulators running on modern hardware allowed (e.g.Using multiple eligible Macs is fine! One to run iTunes, one to run a browser and one to run Netscape? No problem.Any OS goes, if you want to run Mac OS, have at it.PowerPC CPU, it has to be an Apple Mac / Macintosh, or Macintosh Clone (no Hackintosh).THE RULESEvery year there are questions, so many questions, sigh… So here they are, the “rules”: We’ll show the nay-sayers that these machines still have plenty of usable power left in them and of course it’s a ton of fun! Everything you usually do on your Intel or M1 Mac, use the old Mac for it instead. THE GOALUse a Mac powered by a PowerPC CPU as much as you can for your day-to-day computing. Introducing the 2022 PPC Challenge! The gang from Mac Yak have been running the PPC challenge for a few years now, and the 2022 challenge is almost here!
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