Modding the G4 Cube with the Power of TEAMWORK! (A Viewer Saves My Graphics Mod)

[@nipeliite]

These videos are so entertaining and calming. Reminds me of when LGR makes custom 98/95 PC's

[@AlbertoMontesSoto]

I like this channel because he's so knowledgeable of apple system but isn't condescending or snubby or elitist

[@johnnyhellfire6]

I have to agree, and he follows through on his ideas unlike certain tech tip channels

[@Johanniscool]

I like this channel because I imagine he is actually just a disembodied hand.

[@ActionRetro]

Thanks Alberto, that really means a lot!

[@ActionRetro]

@@Johanniscool I'm two disembodied hands actually.

[@antoinevs7201]

Man you rock, glad I found your channel in my recommended! And that viewer is freaking awesome.

[@knghtbrd]

Zachary the 3D Print Master officially rocks! Hmm, wonder what it'd take to fix that handle? So close to being the best machine it possibly could be, with just that one little sticking handle…

[@Mil_UwU]

I know for a fact you can run a server for current versions of minecraft on a g5 Xserve (albeit runing debian for newer java support) with... "kind of" playable performance for about 4 players. Definitely helps to generate the world in advance on a more powerful machine and then copy the files over though - otherwise it takes an eternity. Will be interesting to see how an older version goes on the Mini!

[@4ngeldus739]

OMG I'm so happy you're doing an old school minecraft server! I want to pull out my g5 mac pro and play with you now!!!

[@ActionRetro]

Awesome!!

[@macinjosh2223]

Wow, 12k. Seems like 5 minutes ago you had reached 500! Congrats!

[@knghtbrd]

It feels like 5 minutes ago, but it was actually longer than that. It just took his Pismo that long to tabulate data. After 500, he switched to his G4. Wait till he gets to 5000, he'll start counting on a G5.

[@ActionRetro]

@@knghtbrd 🤣

[@elm.0]

Congrats 12K subs.

[@ActionRetro]

Thanks!

[@dionelr]

I had a G4 cube back in the day. I never had the monitor for it so I had to use adapters and a usb sound device. Just used for photoshop, garage band, and iMovie for my family photos. This brings me back. I still have all the old music equipment but no Mac anymore.

[@SalvoDan]

I really want to see Apple release another Cube in 5 years time; a 25th anniversary, with a later Apple Silicon processor. Although someone could probably do in today with either an M1 Mac mini logo board or an entire Mac Mini...

[@jaydub8085]

Your hand gestures should keep it cool on their own, no mods needed.

[@MacintoshMen]

Awesome! Probably the coolest G4 cube in all of KZbin.

[@ActionRetro]

Thanks man! I mean, men!

[@somerandomtechguy3888]

Interesting video Because of your videos I bought me a cube and it's great Also congrats on 12k

[@ActionRetro]

That's so awesome man!

[@oldchannel9911]

Awesome video! I love it when people get the little things right when modding/upgrading computers like that. It always infuriates me when there's something missing like that, even if it's not very important to a lot of people. :)

[@nikitazaycev8636]

So there was no possibility of installing a Radeon X600 XT in there? Like the one that comes stock with the Powermac G5 Geforce 6200 is really slow, once u open anything that is 3d it is going to run at 100% While the cpu (btw tested with Pentium III 1.2ghz under windows xp) would be sitting at about 60-70%

[@DanaDoesStuff]

Awesome! I'll be doing the challenge on a Workgroup Server 9650 (basically a Power Mac 9600) with a G3 upgrade -- probably not enough to run Minecraft, but I can't wait to see what happens with he Mini server!

[@UpLateGeek]

I'd definitely love to see a video on setting up the Mac mini as a Minecraft server! As for the rest of the video, I'm glad to see you've got a better cooling solution. I always thought that weedy fan was a bit weak for all the raw power of your upgraded processor. And the bracket looks pretty good, although I could tell it was going to push the card out of the slot with the second hex screwlock. Probably the most flush option would be to countersink the spot on the cut-out and use a countersink head screw. My only remaining concern is the heatsink on the graphics card doesn't have any direct cooling, and I can't really tell if there would be any airflow over it from the fan, so it's probably not great for extended gaming sessions. Anyway, can't wait to see where this goes next!

[@seshpenguin]

PowerPC Minecraft Server? Heck yea!

[@WillThat]

Since the CD drive isn't in the cube acting as a shroud for the heat sink, I'm thinking not all the airflow is effectively cooling it.

[@DavidStahlOLDHAPPyMACs]

Nice Video Sean Those 3D parts Are Slick Thank You For The Shout Out On My Channel And Sharing The Cube Info

[@ericcartmanbrah]

you should try to get a M1 mac mini inside there:)

[@lozahe]

I might have a tip on popping up the handle more easily. When I open my mine, I do the same, lay it upside down but before pushing down the handle I push the actual computer segment down (around the edges). Once I do that it doesn’t get stuck. It also sometimes gets stuck on the airport antennas. Just a heads up.

[@ActionRetro]

Thanks!!

[@mdog1678]

Yay new video!

[@ilcool90]

Just got my own G4 cube from Japan. And in to the rabbit hole I go. Obviously I will want to get an AGP PC to flash a 6200 to use in the Cube and many other crazy things

[@Xaluber]

1.67GHz? I thought the 12” PowerBooks only went up to 1.5?

[@CrazyTechReviews]

Hey! Nice video! I personally will be using my PowerBook G4 1.5GHz model and a power Mac g3 for the PPC/68k challenge. I’m really interested to see how that turns out, also congratulations on 12k subs, I could of sworn only a week ago you had 10k

[@robluce2111]

Looks like you may have cross-threaded that right DVI connector screw. It just doesn't look straight in the video... Also the S-Video connector isn't centered on that adapter plate. Just a couple of things to think about.

[@jamesharris9523]

Try ubuntu mate for the cube. 18.04 lts supports power pc and some apps probably still work

[@Deshevelled]

Thanks expressive talking hand!

[@zaxchannel2834]

I suppose some heat sinks can be added or some heat spreaders on the RAM, I don't know how much of a difference those make. I always just sort of added those on my builds just because

[@ht5188]

congrats on 12k!

[@TheNews1990]

That handle has brown gunk on it. I noticed it when you pulled it out. If you cleaned it then maybe it wouldn't get stuck.

[@LH782]

There is that small hole on the gpu just beside s-video.. if someone'll design v2 of the bracket maybe utilize that? The bracket could also be designed to mount outside so it could be thicker..

[@goilup]

Hoping the minecraft server goes well for you, I know older minecraft is much easier to host but you might run into ram limitations! if possible do upgrade the ram in that mac mini for the server, and set the launch arguments to use the max amount you can allocate for java, it will do WONDERS for server hosting when stress testing with a lot of people!

[@StevenSmyth]

I’d definitely try to play Minecraft with you on my MDD but I don’t think 1.25 GHz is fast enough. If you need to browse the web for your challenge, and you’re using Leopard, then use leopard-webkit instead of Ten4Fox. It’s basically, Safari 11 for Leopard. It doesn’t work with everything but it works. I’ve found during a long session, Ten4Fox has to be restarted as it slows down to the point of being unusable. Leopard-webkit also installs a version of Mail that works with modern security standards. Hope it helps. sourceforge.net/p/leopard-webkit/wiki/Home/

[@ActionRetro]

Awesome! 1.25 should be plenty fast enough for a playable framerate, especially playing on a server. I'd think you'll get 20-30fps. Good suggestion about leopard-webkit - I'll definitely add that in!

[@addmd_]

I just got an eMac either because of luck or this channel. Probably both. Thing runs minecraft 1.2.5 Optifine C7 at 15fps. Currently trying to install Quake 2 on it!

[@ActionRetro]

Amazing!!

[@johnlarro6872]

I wanted a cube forever... finally picked one up about 7 years ago, but it was missing the power cable for the graphics card. Resolved that eventually (and not cheaply) and tried to install an SSD. That went ok, but I also wanted to run OS9 - but my machine has a 1.5Ghz processor upgrade, and it just wont boot into OS9... :( Not sure if I'm missing a driver or something...

[@victorfigueroa9385]

A Minecraft Server sounds really a sweet idea but what will it run on?

[@Codeaholic1]

If only you could 3d print a fix for that wobbly table.

[@alerey4363]

LOl that Cube ended up looking like an atomic device from the early 80s; great work!

[@ActionRetro]

😂 thanks!

[@knghtbrd]

I've seen a few people like that and … I just am not interested in their content. Man, these machines are ancient now, even my dual G5 cheesegrater. The usually don't work anymore, and when they do they're amazingly cool pieces of the past … but they've been left behind and most of us understand that and don't care. We're screwing around with these old machines because they're fun. That's just it, really. They're fun. If it becomes something not fun, what's the point? Better to see what these old machines can do and use them for the best purpose that they can serve today: Entertainment. If someone's a purist? *shrug* You do you. That makes the hobby infinitely more complex and more expensive, but if that's what you want, go for it. Not interested in a fight about it either way. Nor the old holy wars (except in a little fun), and I really don't care if people want to emulate or run different software than I would. (I've personally thought a couple machines on this channel that have gotten Leopard or Snow Leopard should've stayed Tiger machines so they could run OS 9 apps. But if I had those machines, that's what I'd run on them. Y'all can run the same or different, as you will.)

[@lucianodecrescenzi7849]

Hi, nice video, thank you for sharing. I also own a mac cube, but during the last teardown I got confused. I have a problem with the screws that secure the handle that allows you to pull the mac out of the case. There are 4 screws, 2 on each side of the handle, the 2 screws on left side are under the hard disk and airport cable, the 2 screws on right side are easily accessible. My questions: are the 2 screws on the right side different from 2 on the left side, or are the 2 screws on each side different? 4 identical screw or, two pairs of screws? thank you very much. Sorry for my English.

[@soknightsam]

Your videos are the equivalent of Saturday morning cartoons for adult me

[@Lemony1456]

Another great video!

[@dexteroreilly]

Awesome!

[@computercloset6165]

What a good idea for the MC server!! I told this guy a couple days ago on r/vintageapple to try that because his eMac was running incredibly slow. It makes Minecraft on PPC genuinely enjoyable, and there's even a couple MC servers being hosted still (version 1.5.2) but they're typically foreign and very small. Very interesting though!

[@ActionRetro]

Nice!! I saw that thread lol :) Hopefully some of r/vintageapple can try to play my server!

[@computercloset6165]

@@ActionRetro I would definitely join! Sounds like a fantastic idea

[@miguimau]

Maybe Macs Fan Control would be useful for you too. Thanks for the video. And kudos to the viewer.

[@dricci]

Can you still boot OS 9 on this with the upgraded graphics card? If so, what kind of performance do you get?

[@paulwilliams4274]

OMG that cube is amazing! @action retro is the cube running impossible snow leopard?

[@ActionRetro]

Haha thanks! It's running regular Leopard, but I do want to try the Impossible Cat on it soon!

[@paulwilliams4274]

@@ActionRetro Oops! I meant to say Impossible Cat! Doh!

[@ActionRetro]

@@paulwilliams4274 🤣

[@SuperGachet]

Will you make a video on that Mac Mini?

[@ActionRetro]

Definitely!

[@SuperGachet]

@@ActionRetro As it should be! Mac on! Well, PowerPC on! 😎

[@Megabobster]

Looks like I'm digging out the old mac laptop my brother gave me. I don't even know what it's got in it yet lol

[@HunterSkiff]

PowerPC Minecraft server!?!?! say less, I'm in

[@chriscalderon1337]

I tried running a Minecraft 1.5.2 server on my gaming PC and playing with the 1.5.2 client on my G5. It actually seemed to perform worse!

[@koztech]

See, this is one of the reasons why keeping some of these older computers alive is important. You don't need 420-core 64-bit OVER 9000!!!! CPU with a 1 billion TB of RAM and a Graphics-Force PIMP x69000 video card to type a document. Or even most other basic tasks like sending an email (using an email client anyways) or listening to your "legally" ripped MP3 music collection. Hell, even using it to access many retro computing websites is still possible since most of those are purposely designed to work with older machines and browsers. And you need to access a FTP site to download Windows 3.x drivers for your Sound Blaster 16 or disk 2 of Mac OS 7.5.3 because yours is corrupt? Most FTP clients from that era should still work.

[@eDoc2020]

I was just using my 186 palmtop from 1993 earlier today, making a video for DOScember. I'll be making it public on my channel in a day or two. Filmed with a camera from 1999, 4k video is overrated.

[@formdissolve]

Isn't the fastest 12" PowerBook only 1.5 GHz?

[@McTwistedTwisties]

Is using the computers as a terminal considered cheating?

[@bobfromsoireegames4309]

I can't believe I had one of these and I sold it

[@gamepad3173]

so now the question remains: Can the G4 cube run Half life and Half life 2?

[@KOSMOS1701A]

i'd play on this with my powerpc powerbook, but all its got is the 5200go with 64 mb of vram

[@ActionRetro]

If the processor is over 1GHz it might work!

[@KOSMOS1701A]

@@ActionRetro well its a 1.33 ghz, so i could give it a shot.

[@PenguinEhis]

If you like test i have a dedicated server to use, If you need just contact me

[@JoaoVitor-cw2vg]

Just make a server for 1.5.2 and it will run great!

[@ajslim79]

with the original vga bracket it would fit better - just dremel it

[@RobR386]

Bloody mid roll ads, what's dog food got to do with a video card? 🤣🤣🤣

[@Pantfula]

you need the vgaaa

[@NicVandEmZ]

Ps4 or ps5 fan