Subj : Re: Mirror Door G4 MAC, ideas?
To   : bunnygirl
From : Otto Reverse
Date : Thu Dec 23 2021 05:05:01

 bu> So I have an old G4 Mac (mirror door) tower that just needs some ram and
 bu> a hard drive to be good to go (both were missing when I acquired the
 bu> tower).  While I wouldn't mind throwing a pre-OSX version on there, I'm
 bu> curious if there are any good alternatives for the PPC platform.  Any
 bu> gotchas that I should be aware of?

Usefulness.  I have a G4 PowerBook and a (soon to be working) G4 "windtunnel". I tried MorphOS on the PowerBook. Fun to tinker with and if tinkering is what you are into then go for it.  But it is not free and for me it wasn't worth the cost. The question becomes what can you do with it?
Same for older versions of Linux that will run on G4's as well.

For me the value in an old computer is setting it up with an appropriate era OS and then installing software from the same era, be they games or applications. In the age of "abandonware" you can try out programs you perhaps didn't have back then.

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