Still not entirely sure what you are describing, but best of luck regardless!
POWER10 modules potentially larger than LaGrange?
Looking at a POWER10 promotional video, I noticed at 3:21 in the video there is a shot of two differently sized chips with a gap of two rows of pins in the centre; I previously referred to this as a doughnut shape. My preliminary guess is that one of these is a Monza/LaGrange size and the other is a potentially larger POWER10 module.
Nice to see a lot of POWER fans at the same place! @FaunCB , @torpcoms and others: Tomorrow, 4th Feb at 3PM GMT on behalf of 3mdeb company, I invite you to talk about the POWER9 support in coreboot opensource BIOS here ā " meet [dot] google [dot] com/xsy-ocfw-exm ". You are going to learn: 1) great benefits a coreboot will deliver to POWER-based PCs; 2) our progress and interesting challenges we are facing; 3) unique features of Dasharo coreboot-based firmware.
Also, soon we are having a vBeer online party! Will be happy to discuss the open/libre firmwares (coreboot, Dasharo, etc.), related hardwares and other nice embedded things you have in mind. Visit " live [dot] evenea [dot] com/3mdeb-vbeer " at 18th Feb 3PM GMT to have some fun with us.
If I recall early G5 Towers ran a custom 10.3 Panther version so your mileage would vary if you tried using a early retail disc, dual processor models if I recall shipped with Tiger or Leopard depending upon the year of build date. For most G4/G5 owners youāll find some prefer Tiger(10.4) over Leopard(10.5) for software reasons, on a G5 youāre going to gain more software support with Leopard.
It still depends upon the generation or year/month of build date, if you have a later production model of a G5 the firmware wonāt support booting anything older than the original shipped OS.
Sorry: I read a large part of this nice long thread but didnāt realize youāre the same person!
Iām a community manager of ā3mdeb [dot] comā, our company is going to participate in porting a coreboot opensource BIOS to POWER architecture. Although there is already an OpenPOWER opensource firmware, coreboot could provide a lot of extra advantages if ported: more details at todayās talk. So hopefully there would be enough community interest to make it more viable!
You are welcome to join us today at 3PM GMT together with @AbstractConcept , @Mastic_Warrior + other top guys from this thread (could only notify 2 people at the same time ) , as well as two weeks later 18th Feb at the same time on a fun vBeer event: the invitation links are 9 posts above
Iāve had an interest in coreboot as a component in my powerbook bios, rather than using of. Menus would be easier to create tht way, rather than using bullshit 4th. Doubt youād know anything bout that? XD
Iāll get up and head over in a moment. Donāt think I should smoke weed during ur talk xD
Also you can post links after becoming a member stat.
Thereās a mint condition Power Mac dual G4 on ebay which includes display, keyboard, and mouse. Talked to the seller and is willing to give it including shipping for $300 altogether.
Sounds like a pretty good deal.
Really hesitant though because itās a lot for a collectorās product. Iām personally trying to go after a great condition G3, just because Iām not a fan of the updated GUI they introduced with Leopard.
Other listings for that price usually only include the keyboard mouse and the computer, not the display.
If I get it, itās most likely just going to collect dust in the closet anyway.