Mastodawn

#EVi, a non-AI code VIm 9.1.0000 fork that just works. Even on your iBook G3 running 10.4.11.

https://codeberg.org/evi-editor/evi

#UNIX #Apple #iBook #VintageComputing #macOS #Vi #VIm #OpenSource #FOSS #AntiAI #FuckAI #NoAI #Tech #Technology

Restoring Apple’s Terrible but Awesome iBook Laptop https://hackaday.com/2026/06/01/restoring-apples-terrible-but-awesome-ibook-laptop/
#MacHacks #RepairHacks #Retrocomputing #Ibook #Macintosh #Powerpc

Restoring Apple’s Terrible But Awesome IBook Laptop

Before the Apple MacBook there was the Apple iBook, fruity 1999 colors included. These PowerPC-based laptops targeted low-cost PC-compatible laptops much like the iMac did, albeit it the latter wit…

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Restoring Apple’s Terrible but Awesome iBook Laptop

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/06/01/restoring-apples-terrible-but-awesome-ibook-laptop/

Just happen to see this:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48283099
https://github.com/mplsllc/macsurf

"MacSurf, a web browser port of Netsurf for Mac OS 9 with native TLS"

Downloaded it to the #iBook running #MacOS9 and started MacSurf. I could browse sites like #osnews pretty well actually.

#PowerPC #G3 #Retrocomputing #VintageMac #Apple #Macintosh #PPC #MacSurf #Netsurf

Great sci-fi on Apple Books!
https://books.bookfunnel.com/may-2026-sci-fi-apple/m9u8wsedsb
#books #bookworms #booklovers #booknerd #readingcommunity #apple #ibook #sciencefiction #spaceopera #Bookstodon

toxic 🍟🐀🔞Apr 27

old technology is yummy #ibook #ibookg3 #macos9 #wacom #furry #FurryArt

Timo Tijhof Apr 22

Rare 1999 footage of Steve Jobs talking to Apple employees out in Cupertino, the week after launching the iBook.

https://spyglass.org/made-apple-great-again/

via https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/04/21/the-quadrant-was-now-complete/

#ibook #computerhistory #AppleComputerInc #SteveJobs

Before MacBook Neo, There Was iBook

27 years ago, Steve Jobs celebrated Apple completing "the quadrant"...

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Andrew Abdalian Apr 13

#Artemis2
#iBook

Restored my iBook G4 to stock today with OS X 10.4.11! More on the blog: https://theonlyblogever.com/blog/2026/ibookg4.html #retrocomputing #ibook #powerpc #blog #MARCHintosh

Interesting:

www.macrumors.com/2026/03/2…

#apple #stevejobs #ibook

Remember when everything started with “i”? Things seemed more light-hearted and personal back then.

Steve Jobs Talks iBook, AirPort, and More in Newly Surfaced 1999 Video

A newly surfaced internal 1999 Apple campus video of Steve Jobs provides a rare, unfiltered look at the company's post-turnaround strategy. ...

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