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I decided to use G4 Cube as my second desktop computer. But my first desktop PC is black. So I bought black enamel spray for a reason to paint Cube to black color. The subject to turn black is internal metallic case:
Now I have stylish black colored G4 Cube with Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 “Lenny” on board 
P.S. Lenny believes that X.org became smart enough to … Continue Reading
OK, I got Debian GNU/Linux on my desktop Power Macintosh G3 “Beige” BUT, to do this I bought MacOS 9 CD for 20 dollars on ebay:
Because I broke pre-installed MacOS by trying to install Debian on this “OldWorld” mac (see here). So, after installing MacOS 9 back I again tried to install Debian (using BootX 1.2.2 from MacOS). After a number of tries of reinstallation of both I realized that MacOS 9 and Debian CAN’T live on the same … Continue Reading
Finally I did it – I bought G4 Cube for myself! $250 (plus shipping) for PowerPC G4 450 MHz system is a little bit expensive, but it’s CUBE:
It even has “cracks” (as probably all G4 cubes 
Of course I put Debian GNU/Linux on it and removed MacOS 9.2 that was preinstalled there.One strange (for me) thing about G4 Cube is its power … Continue Reading
A few days ago I bought Power Macintosh G3 with PowerPC G3 processor (300MHz) for 25 dollars (and 45 shipping):
It has old Apple monitor connector and because of that I needed VGA-adapter (5 dollars on ebay) to connect my Samsung 19″ monitor to this machine:
It was shipped with MacOS 9 onboard that can handle screen dimension up to 1280×1024 (with 256 colors):… Continue Reading
I'm software developer (mostly C/C++) who relocated from Russia to United States in 2004. Lived in NY, CO and now CA. Since 1998 my Internet nickname is "Shaos" (not chaos)...