Monday, January 11th, 2016 Last year in (my) computing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Year ago I made for myself a list of seven thing, I would like to do in 2015. How did it end up? 1. Complete the PC for media backups This one is done. The PC was stuffed with all different drives I could find and is working quite nicely with Slackware 14.1. I already used it couple of times to retrieve data from old SCSI disks and 5.25" floppies. There is one little thing to do: CPU fan needs replacing, but that's just a minor problem, since it only makes a funny noise, but still works. 2. Reinstall PowerMac G5 This one is done as well, although with some minor changes. I indeed did the OS X reinstall, because I wanted to have my G5 cleaned of the stuff I don't need anymore after five years of use. But after trying all existing Linux distributions without systemd as well as all BSD variants with PowerPC port, I decided to have just OS X on this machine. 3. Put OpenBSD on the PowerBook G4 The same as with G5. I did all the stuff necessary and then reverted back to OS X on this computer. In January and February I even placed PowerBook on my desk, connected it to the 24" LCD and used it as a main computer. OpenBSD works very well on this machine, but for me there is just no reason to have it installed. Of course if you have a G4 for daily use and need up-to-date software, then there is no better choice than OpenBSD. 4. Connect Apple Keyboard II to PowerMac G5 This is probably the only item on the list, I didn't even start with. I still want to use Apple Keyboard II with some of my computers, because I simply never used a better keyboard than this one. I will keep this item on the 2016 list and I hope to finish it this time. 5. Make my SGI Indigo2 work Not exactly finished, but at least I managed to connect the Indigo2 to a serial terminal and tried to boot it. Unfortunately it seems, that the internal SCSI drive is not working properly, because the boot process ended in tons of error messages. So now I have to find another SCSI disk, then purchase/borrow/download Irix install disks, then repair video port and then finally install and use it. Long way to go. 6 Finish at least one utility on ZX Spectrum and release it If there is anything on the list, I'm seriously sad about not finishing, then it's this one. I didn't have much time to visit Sinclair Club in Pilsen as much as I did in previous years and at home there is rarely time to sit with my favorite 8-bit computer and code. I will keep this one on the 2016 list as well and will hope for better times. 7. Write a gopher client When I added this to my list, I was thinking about fully-featured client for actual daily use. In the end I wrote script for recursive download via Gopher, which I used several times to get music shared by fellow gopher masters. I take this point as done, because this is a client, though not a universal one. I will call it semi-successful year. It was rich for non-computer related events: it was the first year with our baby and it was the year we moved to small town after long years in Prague. I hope that 2016 will be much more quiet with more time for leisure computing. Expect my new list here in few weeks! .