Questions tagged [ppc]

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Alternative Mac drivers for Samsung printers?

Are there any alternative Mac drivers for Samsung printers? I've got an old (2003) Samsung ML-1510. The only Mac driver available requires Rosetta (PPC emulation) to get installed. According to various news sites, Mac OS 10.7 will drop Rosetta. So…
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What does ppc64le mean?

What does ppc64le mean ? Is it related to Ubuntu only? Why does it affect netbooting and what should I do to enable netbooting with ppc64le? Please someone explain this to me. Thanks.
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Access Terminal from OSX 10.4 install disk to replace corrupted libSystem.dylib

Ive corrupted the libsystem.b.dylib on my PPC mac running 10.4 and i have the install disk. i know its corrupt because i was the one who corrupted it (long story stinging from GCC errors...) anyway i would like to replace this file with a backup i…
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QeMU breaking after GCC upgrade

I've been developing for PowerPC systems for a while now and until recently have been relying on GCC 6.3, without problems. Currently, due to different reasons, I had to switch from GCC 6.3 to GCC 8.2 Now, my system is working just fine for the…
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iBook PPC fails to load HDD and most CDs and DVDs. What can I do to revive this iBook?

I have an old iBook that is having problems to load things. I want to revive the iBook and make it usable for some tasks and years. Most times the OS from HDD boots ends on a blue screen without text/graph. Few times the OS from HDD is loaded, it…
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How to cross-compile REDIS for ppc_85xxDP?

When I try to compile redis source code for ppc_85xxDP , I'm getting the following errors. Can someone help me in solving this error ? export TNAME=ppx_85xxDP export ARCH=powerpc export CROSS_COMPILE=${TNAME}- export SAVE_PATH=${PATH} export…
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Resetting the PRAM on a PowerMac G5 using Terminal 1.5.1

Need to reset the PRAM using Terminal 1.5 on a PowerMac G5 running Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger. However, when I enter the command in Terminal: sudo nvram -c c in not an option for that version of Terminal. What alternate command can I use to do this?
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How do I get Windows 10 to recognize my password to my Macintosh during network connection

It is critical that I connect to my Mac computers from my Windows system. They are on the same local ethernet. I upgraded to Windows 10 which went very smoothly except for one hitch. I have two Mac computers, a modern one running El Capitan and an…
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