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A photo of an old PowerBook G3 sitting on my desk, with windows for Hotline and Internet Explorer 5 (with macintoshrepository.org loaded) open. I also have the "About This Computer" window visible in front of everything, showing that the computer has 512MB RAM in total, with the entirety of the OS taking up 43MB.

Talking to @fsvo@old.mermaid.town about my old websites got me right in the nostalgia and missing the time when computers and the internet were simpler, so I've booted up the old Pismo and am bathing in the Mac OS 9. 😁

Posted on 22 March 2025, 20:48

A photo of a black PowerBook G3 sitting on a desk, booted to the Mac OS 9 desktop. The machine is big and chunky, but also has subtle curves to it, and the trackpad is HILARIOUSLY tiny compared to modern Macs.

It's aliiiiive!

And even though I know my current MacBook Pro is UTTERLY silent at all times, it's still very weird to have an OLD computer also being completely silent too. I'm subconsciously used to hearing all the clicking of the hard disk.

our house mac os 9 powerbook g3 darkroom retro things

Posted on 13 April 2023, 17:17

A photo of a 128GB mSATA SSD and a caddy to convert that to a 2.5-inch IDE connection.

Current project: Installing this into my old PowerBook G3!

I'm also hoping that I can create a disk image of the existing hard drive and clone it onto one of the old external FireWire hard disks I still have floating around. 🤞🏻

our house powerbook g3 darkroom retro things

Posted on 13 April 2023, 15:01