(This is a guest post by Antoni Sawicki aka Tenox) It appears that up until just now we did not have archived copy of MS Word 6.0 for PPC. There were copies floating for Alpha and MIPS, for example https://archive.org/details/ms-word60-nt. … Continue reading →| Virtually Fun
My machine is an Apple iBook 12 inch 1.2GHz/256/30G/Combo/APX (at least that's what the sticker behind the keyboard is trying to tell me), which means it has a 1.2GHz PowerPC CPU that cannot be replaced (unless you replace the whole mainboard, or logic board as Apple likes to call it), 256MB of RAM onboard, a 30G HDD, a Combo CD reader/DVD reader/CD writer unit (no DVD writer, I think that's called a SuperDrive and it used to cost extra) and an Airport Extreme WiFi card. Basically, except the...| sizeof.cat
One of my best friends, Horst, is working on “bootstrapping” Java in the Adélie Linux distribution. This means we will be able to build the Java runtime entirely from source, not relying on binaries from Oracle or others – which means we can certify and trust that our Java is free from any third-party code. … Continue reading "A funny thing happened on the way to the Java bootstrap…"| The Cat Fox Life
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I’ve just repaired the hinge on my Indigo Clamshell. While I was in there, I also replaced the aging hard disk with a SD card adaptor. I wanted to write down a few notes about the process, both for posterity and so that others can benefit from my experience. The standoffs for the hard disk … Continue reading "Notes about the iBook G3 Clamshell"| The Cat Fox Life