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This is one of those hobby businesses that got out of hand and had to go full time.
But they seem to be selling old Macs, in 2026.
They were a great source for parts etc to keep my old Macs running.
If anyone wants to buy a refurbished PowerPC Mac, I've had good luck in the past with Operator Headgap. http://www.headgapstore.com This is one of those hobby businesses that got out of hand and had to go full time. But they seem to be selling old Macs, in 2026. They were a great source for parts etc to keep my old Macs running.
I have a hobby business doing something very similar, except I focus on a specific model—pretty much the most power efficient PowerPC desktop Mac you can get that can still run Mac OS 9, the Mac mini G4. It's at https://os9.shop
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The fastest I could find is the G4 "MDD" tower: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/specs/powerma... ... Though the 800mhz iMac G4 is a nice alternative (which I happen to have): https://everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac_800_17_fp... Makes for a great Mac gaming machine since it is pretty fast, looks great, is a fully self-contained computer with display, and can run both OS 9 and OS X. Looks like…
You can get a 1.67Ghz G4 Mac Mini on eBay with OS 9 preinstalled. It's wicked fast (especially with an IDE SSD adapter) There's faster single thread accelerator cards that were made for a while by a guy on the 68kMLA forums, but that was many years ago. I think Action Retro on YouTube has one that broke 2Ghz
The fastest Mac mini G4 topped out at 1.5 GHz, not 1.67. I'm the guy selling many of those Mac mini G4s upgraded with SSDs on eBay... just a hobby business. Also sell on my website at https://os9.shop where there's a FAQ where you can read more about it and why it's a good model/upgrade to buy or build yourself.
If anyone wants to buy a refurbished PowerPC Mac, I've had good luck in the past with Operator Headgap. http://www.headgapstore.com This is one of those hobby businesses that got out of hand and had to go full time. But they seem to be selling old Macs, in 2026. They were a great source for parts etc to keep my old Macs running.
Self promotion but relevant: I have a hobby business doing something very similar, except I focus on a specific model—pretty much the most power efficient PowerPC desktop Mac you can get that can still run Mac OS 9, the Mac mini G4. It's at https://os9.shop
This made me remember that I've still got a G4 Mac Mini! I was bringing up a current Linux on it, last time I had it running. 2019, perhaps.
I need to fire it up...
I’m the author. This is an experiment of mine in figuring out how to let Mac OS 9 connect to modern network services and environments. Since Mac OS 9 doesn’t have out-of-the-box support for modern secure networking protocols, you often have to go through a proxy, which is pretty painful. I wanted to make it possible for an old Mac to connect to modern web services on its own. There are also two related projects for c…
I’m the author. This is an experiment of mine in figuring out how to let Mac OS 9 connect to modern network services and environments. Since Mac OS 9 doesn’t have out-of-the-box support for modern secure networking protocols, you often have to go through a proxy, which is pretty painful. I wanted to make it possible for an old Mac to connect to modern web services on its own. There are also two related projects for c…
I absolutely applaud you. I'll try running it on a PowerBook G3. About the emoji support: is it something that could work system-wide?
I’m the author. This is an experiment of mine in figuring out how to let Mac OS 9 connect to modern network services and environments. Since Mac OS 9 doesn’t have out-of-the-box support for modern secure networking protocols, you often have to go through a proxy, which is pretty painful. I wanted to make it possible for an old Mac to connect to modern web services on its own. There are also two related projects for c…
Missed opportunity to call it OpenStreetMac or OpenStreetMac9.
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Quite a lot. I remember my dad's SE(?) could be upgraded to 128mb ram or some ludicrous figure, compared to my 8mb 486.
>SE(?) could be upgraded to 128mb ram Probably an SE/30; vastly different internally than the original 68000 SE, more like a MacⅡx wearing a classic Mac shell. Great machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_SE/30
Shameless plug : I'm working on https://cartes.app , a Web OpenStreetMap app. Far less difficult as coding for an old OS obviously, but still a challenge ! The Web has plenty of potential, but constraints too, mostly because of dominant actors, such as Apple that hid the PWA install button... Or Firefox not having any install banner, whereas chrome does. Can't post it yet as a proper subject, it can't handle top page…