[57north-discuss] Retro Night

[Tony Travis]

On 08/04/14 12:53, Iain R. Learmonth wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 08, 2014 at 11:46:13AM +0100, Tony Travis wrote:
>> I've got an iMac G4 15 inch flat-screen:
>>
>>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_G4
>>
>> Is that is retro enough for TTT?
> 
> I can see that there may have been some confusion.
> 
> Retro night is Thursday.  Time travel Tuesday is just a normal Tuesday.
> 
> If you can install Mac OS 8/8.5 and Gerbils[1] on it, that would count
> as retro. I'm not sure anything running an operating system family that
> can be considered "current" really counts.
> 
> [1]: http://www.pangeasoft.net/pangeahistory.html

Hi, Iain.

OK, have you got a copy of Mac OS 8/8.5 that we can use?

I zapped the original G4 Mac OS when I installed Ubuntu Linux and I
don't have a copy of the original Mac OS CD's. It's only got a CD
reader, so I wasn't able to re-install from the later Mac OS DVD's.

It's quite a nice machine, under Ubuntu Linux, but runs like a dog under
Mac OS: We could try a 'retro' install of YDL if not Mac OS?

Bye,

  Tony.

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