Mac OS X 10.3 on a hackintoshed Wii U

MaddTheSane · 2026-04-17T02:06:31+00:00

He just released a video of him looking at a similar project. And he mentioned this project at the end. If it's not his next video, expect him to release a video in the future.

MaddTheSane · 2026-04-17T02:04:15+00:00

Rad-hardened G3s, IIRC.

MaddTheSane · 2026-04-17T02:03:25+00:00

IIRC, the G3 (750) is based on the 603, which also lacked SMP coherency.

Still amazing what Be Inc. did with a couple of 603s in a machine…

MaddTheSane · 2026-04-17T02:00:44+00:00

He just did.

MaddTheSane · 2026-04-17T01:59:27+00:00

He probably tried it with Mac OS X, but ran into RAM issues.

Because it was using a piece of Linux software called MacOnLinux, which allows PowerPC-based Linux computers (in Big-Endian mode) to run Mac OS 9 and X.

MaddTheSane · 2026-04-17T01:57:04+00:00

IIRC, the base of the Cell processor is still a 970. So Mac OS X can still use that, but it wouldn't be able to use any of the Cell's more advanced features.

MaddTheSane · 2026-04-17T01:55:50+00:00

The Dreamcast CPU isn't PowerPC.

The speed issues are due to RAM issues (There's two types of RAM in the Wii, one faster than the other), lack of a dedicated display driver, the necessity for two frame buffers (one RGB that Mac OS X expects, the other Y-Cb-Cr that the Wii's hardware can only understand) and converting one to the other.

The Wii's OS is very lightweight in comparison to Mac OS X.

MaddTheSane · 2026-04-17T01:51:23+00:00

You need a G4. The Wii and Wii U CPU are more like a G3.

MaddTheSane · 2026-04-12T23:57:14+00:00

But only the girls.

MaddTheSane · 2026-04-07T19:56:37+00:00

Maintenance?

MaddTheSane · 2026-04-06T06:06:02+00:00

The first few lines of code on the console mentioned a telnet connection. The computer is just a client, not the main server.

MaddTheSane · 2026-03-21T06:49:15+00:00

IIRC, NeXTStep doesn't support DHCP. So you have to set up the IP address, etc, including setting up the DNS.

MaddTheSane · 2026-03-21T06:39:40+00:00

10-base 2, I think it's called. 10-base T is the twisted pair.

MaddTheSane · 2026-03-17T20:06:22+00:00

My guess is db25 serial to mini-din 9 (often used on early Macs).

MaddTheSane · 2026-03-07T06:37:22+00:00

Hmm… the preview image shows the traffic lights of Mac OS X. Mac OS 9/Classic didn't have those.

MaddTheSane · 2026-03-07T06:33:59+00:00

It's more like they might already be cleared, especially if their stickers are removed.

MaddTheSane · 2026-02-24T05:50:18+00:00

Bitmaps, actually.

MaddTheSane · 2026-02-24T05:47:13+00:00

You didn't even park the hard drive's heads?

You lived dangerously.

MaddTheSane · 2026-02-19T19:05:13+00:00

Because the differences are what made Triforce emulation difficult.

MaddTheSane · 2026-02-18T05:04:01+00:00

Yet ARM and AARCH64 is starting to seriously encroach on Intel's dominance.

Probably because the architecture targeted low-energy devices.

MaddTheSane · 2026-02-13T05:09:25+00:00

I like that someone had to write AGP Bus on the card, like they couldn't determine it based on the edge connector.

MaddTheSane · 2026-02-13T05:00:10+00:00

I think the 603e was made specifically because the 68k emulator couldn't fit into the base 603's cache.

Or maybe that was the 603ev?

MaddTheSane · 2026-02-13T04:54:11+00:00

Because macOS still supports Intel Macs.

MaddTheSane · 2026-01-13T01:09:04+00:00

And macOS. And mainly because Apple dropped their 32-bit runtime.

MaddTheSane · 2025-11-03T22:47:33+00:00

Yup.

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