tortuga

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger runs nicely on it

The 800 MHz ATI Graphics eMac is more difficult than it should be to move around.

Specs

Model ID

PowerMac4,4

CPU

PowerPC G3 (3.3) @ 800 MHz

L2 Cache

512 KiB

Bus Speed

133 MHz

Boot ROM Version

4.6.4f1

Storage

38.29 GB Maxtor 2F040L0

Optical Drive

LG CD-ROM CRD-8484B

Ethernet

100 Mbps

FireWire

400

GPU

ATI Radeon 7500 (ATY,RV200)

VRAM

32 MiB

Display

1280x960 @ 72 Hz

RAM

1024 MiB (2x 512 MiB PC133U-133 SDRAM)

Wi-Fi

AirPort Extreme

Quirks

• Don't install Mac OS 9.2.2 using the 2013 universal CD. Sleep won't work due to a lack of drivers, and the display will be quite shrunken. Instead, use the "drag and drop" System Folder.
• The bottom right corner of the front bezel is popped out and refuses to pop back in, even when a 120-pound person sits on the computer. The only negative effect of this is loud noises from the speakers make the display vibrate.
• It is possible to install Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on this computer, though it is a bit of a pain to do so. You will need to dd the ISO to a flash drive, make Open Firmware lie about the processor speed, disguise the flash drive as the CD-ROM drive, and have the patience to watch Leopard install at USB 1.1 speeds.

History

• 2020-05-02: The computer arrives at my parents' place from eBay.
• 2020-05-04: 📈 I insert a 512 MiB stick of RAM (256 -> 768).
• 2020-05-??: 📉 I discover the 256 MiB stick of RAM is bad and remove it (768 -> 512).
• 2020-08-??: The computer is transported to my apartment.
• 2021-05-23: 📈 I insert another 512 MiB stick of RAM (512 -> 1024).
• 2023-07-21: The computer is temporarily transported back to my parents' place.
• 2023-09-18: The computer is transported to the new home.