home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   alt.cyberpunk.tech      Cyberpunks LOVE making shit complicated      1,115 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 759 of 1,115   
   mrcoffee to sizeofcat   
   Re: Classic computing   
   30 Oct 25 15:26:11   
   
   From: mrcoffeeusenet@protonmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 08:51:00 +0200, sizeofcat wrote:   
      
   > I've mentioned it before, my main computers are those in the signature,   
   > my main machine is a PowerPC iMac G5 (2004) and as a laptop I use a   
   > PowerPC iBook G4 (2005), both running OS X 10.5.8. For what I am doing   
   > currently, they're doing their job just fine (light web browsing,   
   > Usenet, XCode, gcc15 compiling, git, Lazarus IDE, sending and receiving   
   > email, IRC, old games, etc).   
      
   Any particular challenges with running modern internet websites on a   
   computer of that age? I know on /g/ I occasionally still see someone using   
   Windows XP so I suppose its possible with the right web browser.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca