StoneBrick
PowerBook G3 (Wallstreet) / Laptop / Acquired 20 Dec 2020
A PowerBook G3 I got for Christmas, around the same time as Berry. Haven't really done anything productive on it yet, besides making a Kaleidoscope theme or two. I rebuilt the PRAM battery a few months after getting it, which is a something I really don't recommend going through!
In 2021 I installed OS X 10.2 onto it, which was a complicated process given the lack of a CD-ROM drive. However, the system would constantly lock up for unknown reasons (though there's a pic with the kernel panic below in case you want to diagnose it for me). In 2022, I tried installing both NetBSD and OpenBSD onto it; I hit a brick wall with both, unfortunately. I did do a stream in which I successfully installed LinuxPPC 2000 onto it, though with a few minor issues; I'll put a link to the VOD here once I get around to uploading it.
- CPU: PowerPC 750, 233MHz
- GPU: ATI Rage Pro LT
- RAM: 512MB
- OS: Mac OS 9
More Pictures
- [May 2022] The PowerBook next to a boxed copy of PPCLinux 2000.
- [Feb 2022] Testing out my AEK II.
- [Jun 2021] Group shot of Berry, StoneBrick, and StoneSlab.
- [Jun 2021] Not really running Mac OS X 10.1.
- [Jun 2021] Running Mac OS X 10.1.
- [Jun 2021] Group shot of Berry, StoneBrick, and Sapling.
- [May 2021] Group shot of Berry, StoneBrick, and Sapling, taken with an instant camera.
- [May 2021] Using Discord via Browservice.
- [May 2021] Using StoneBrick to view Hopper's management page.
- [May 2021] The PowerBook showing the Apache default page.
- [Feb 2021] A floppy friend.
- [Dec 2020] My two G3s together.
- [Dec 2020] Running the neko desk accessory.
- [Dec 2020] Booting into Mac OS 9.
- [Dec 2020] The PowerBook shortly after I got it, and before I wiped the disk.
