https://apfelhammer.de/tags/vintage-computing/ Recent content in Vintage Computing on Apfel hammer Hugo en-en Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://apfelhammer.de/posts/still-crosscompiling/ Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://apfelhammer.de/posts/still-crosscompiling/ <p>I own this late and great <em>Powermac11,2</em> <strong>Powermac G5</strong> Dual Core 2,0 GHz and I love this machine for being what it is: a great <em>retrobattle station</em> and also a sexy <em>workstation</em>. It is so clean, no cables, everything can be accessed easily.</p> <p><img src="https://apfelhammer.de/images/late_2005.jpg" alt="Powermac G5 late 2005"></p> <!-- raw HTML omitted --> <p>Even the PowerPC 970MP <sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup> Processors are known for getting really hot, the machine fans are not loud even under heavy load while compiling latest e.g. Firefox Version 133 for PPC64. And this is the moment were I want to setup something to crosscompile. Because I don&rsquo;t want to run the Powermac all day and all night with 78 degree Celcius all the time while compiling and I don&rsquo;t want to consump so much electrical energy.</p>