The Video Transcription: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Installing an Old Mac OS X Version

As the video begins, Maniac Mike, the host, is excited to share with his audience that he has acquired an old G3 computer. He starts by teasing his viewers about a technical issue they might be experiencing. "What, it doesn't?" he asks, followed by laughter.

Maniac Mike then reveals that he plans to install Mac OS X 10.0 Developer Preview 1 on the old computer, which is pre-Aqua and has none of the Aqua user interface features. This piques his audience's interest, as they are eager to see how this ancient version of the operating system will work.

As Maniac Mike proceeds with the installation process, things don't seem to be going according to plan. He drops a CD, which leads to some laughter from his audience. However, when he attempts to turn on the computer, it fails to power on, causing concern among viewers.

The situation becomes more dire when Maniac Mike reveals that the computer is dusty and potentially damaged. Despite the setbacks, Maniac Mike remains optimistic and continues with the installation process. After a quick commercial break, the computer finally comes back to life, much to the relief of Maniac Mike and his audience.

As the video resumes, Maniac Mike asks his viewers if they have a system partition on their computers, which seems to be a straightforward question for those familiar with basic computer setup. However, the conversation takes an interesting turn when he mentions that the G3 computer may contain some surprises.

Maniac Mike then reveals that the G3 was a historic machine in Apple's history and will soon be featured in the premiere episode of Volume 2 of Vintage Apple Vault. This announcement excites his audience, who are eager to learn more about this piece of Apple's past.

Throughout the video, Maniac Mike shares his enthusiasm and excitement with his audience. He provides them with updates on the progress of the installation process and occasionally breaks into laughter when something unexpected happens. Despite the technical challenges they face, Maniac Mike remains positive and engaging throughout the experience.

One notable aspect of this video is the interaction between Maniac Mike and his audience. His lighthearted approach to explaining complex technical concepts makes the content more accessible and enjoyable for viewers who may not be familiar with computer hardware or operating systems.

The video also features some humorous moments, such as when Maniac Mike attempts to turn on the computer but fails, causing him to ask if someone could press the power button firmly. The banter between Maniac Mike and his audience adds a touch of playfulness to the content and makes it more entertaining to watch.

In conclusion, this video offers a unique behind-the-scenes look at installing an old Mac OS X version on a vintage computer. It showcases Maniac Mike's enthusiasm and expertise as he navigates the challenges of setting up an ancient operating system. The video also provides insight into the history of Apple's G3 computers and will likely interest fans of Vintage Apple Vault and those interested in learning more about computer technology.

The Video's Legacy: A Look Back at Installing Mac OS X 10.0 Developer Preview 1

As the video comes to a close, Maniac Mike reflects on his experience with installing Mac OS X 10.0 Developer Preview 1. He notes that this was an opportunity for him to contribute to the community and share his knowledge of vintage Apple technology.

Maniac Mike also reveals that he has been working on a new project related to Vintage Apple Vault, which will feature the G3 computer in its premiere episode. This announcement excites his audience, who are eager to learn more about this piece of Apple's history.

Throughout the video, Maniac Mike shares some valuable insights into the world of vintage Apple technology. He explains that the G3 computer was an important machine in Apple's history and provides information on how it relates to other vintage Apple computers.

The video also showcases Maniac Mike's expertise as a technical expert. He navigates the challenges of setting up an ancient operating system with ease, providing his audience with valuable lessons on how to troubleshoot common issues.

As we look back at this video, it's clear that Maniac Mike's enthusiasm and expertise are evident throughout the content. His ability to explain complex technical concepts in a simple and engaging way makes him a compelling host and educator.

In conclusion, installing Mac OS X 10.0 Developer Preview 1 on a vintage G3 computer is a unique experience that showcases Maniac Mike's expertise as a technical expert. The video offers valuable insights into the world of vintage Apple technology and provides an entertaining look at how this ancient operating system can be set up and used.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- What, it doesn't?(laughing)It doesn't, it doesn't- Oh my gosh.- It doesn'tblock out the password?- So, we should be ableto install this, no problemo.- So far, so good.- Yeah, I'mactually very surprisedit's working okay.(laughing)That explains why it's not working well.(upbeat music)- Hey, guys,how're you all doing?Really, that's just great, you know.I'm doing pretty great today too becauseI ordered a pizza and the pizzaman decided to stay again.Hey, it's Maniac Mike! Look at that!- Hello!- Hey, he'sback, he's gonna help mewith some cool shit today.And, uh, we have a G3 as you can see,with the big letters on theside in case you couldn't tell.I don't remember what OSwas on it, but I thinkI used it as a DeveloperPreview testing machineat one time.So, the goal is,We're gonna find outwhat actually is on here,and then, we're gonna do afresh installation sensationand test drive, as per tradition,of Mac OS X 10.0 Developer Preview 1.This is such an old versionof OS X that it's pre-Aqua.It has none of the Aquauser interface stuff in itwhatsoever, so this'll be fun.Maniac Mike, oh shit,I just dropped my CD.(laughing)Maniac Mike, would you be so helpfuland walk all the way over thereand press the power button?- Yeah.- Thank you, sir,I want him to contribute here.- Ready?- Go for it, here we go!Did you press it right?- I did press it.- It didn't turn on.Try again, firmly grasp it.- Um, I did.- Nope, the power's on.That light's just burned out, shit.- We're not getting any--- Whatl hangon, it was work (beep)- Well, what the hell?- What?Oh my gosh, seriously, why?Hang on, we're gonna have to dosomething we can't do onany Apple computer nowadays,Open it up.- Hey!- And, oh yeah, that'll do it.That's definitely not looking good.I have no idea what I'm talking about.It's really (beep) dusty.Holy shit, I had no idea it was this bad.Why isn't this working? (laughs)Alright guys, so here's what we know.We know that it's not working.What we don't know is how to make it work,so we're gonna take aquick commercial break andwe'll be right backright after this message.(upbeat music)There we go, it's working, okay!Okay, we got a questionmark and a happy face, so--- Do youhave a system partition?- I should.Hey!- Hey!- Happy Mac, alright!So let's see what's actually on here.Got the old beach ball goin' up there.So it's gotta be 10.1 or earlier.Or 10 point, it has tobe 10.0 to 10.1 becausethey changed it on Jaguar.- Yeah, Jaguaris when it's changed tojust the Apple logo on bootup.- Mm-hm.- Oh, listen to that.You don't get that joywith SSDs anymore, man.- Well (laughs)this is sure taking its time.So the cool thing about theG3 is I'm going to be doingquite a bit with this thing soon.Actually, it will be featuredin the premiere episodeof volume 2 of Vintage Apple Vault.It was a very historicmachine in Apple's history.So we have a very fun episodecoming up with that soon.In the meantime, we're gonnajust have some fun with itand get the Developer Preview on here.Okay, (laughs) any, any minute now.Like how many gray hairshave I developed nowjust waiting for this thing to load?- I think at least fifty.(laughs)- Oh he counted(laughs) that's, that's good.- Hey, I said\"at least\" I don't knowexactly how many.- Sure, at leastfifty, yeah, that's true.(computer humming)- It's really going to town in there.Whoa!(beep)(laughing)That explains why it's not working well.Okay so, version 10.0 is on here.The clock is set to April 30th,1999, so this must've beenrunning a Developer Preview at one time.But, since it obviouslydoesn't work anymore,that just justifies thereinstall even better,so this worked out very well.- At least thekernel panic is self-aware.- (laughs) I lovethat, like I've always thoughtthat was really, really cool.Alright, well, if you'dlike to contribute again,go ahead and throw thisinto the old CD trayafter you hard shut it down.- Yep.- Or actually,just press the restart button.Alright, I got the option key here.Pop that baby back in, awesome.Good job, Gordon,inserting that CD and all.I can see your MIT educationreally pays for itself.You ever play Half-Life 2?- Oh yeah.- Okay, just makingsure that reference didn't,like, go nowhere. (laughs)Oh, you're supposed to load aWhat the hell, what?It didn't load the boot picker, okay.Well, maybe I shouldhave held down the C key.But, it looks like,- Well, we got a cursor.- Yeah, we go a cursor, so--- I think itmight've booted into the CD.- It sounds like it did.Oh yeah, I can hear it moving.Yep, 8.6.Nice.Man, we're not even past theloading screen and alreadywe've had, like, twocatastrophic failures.This is gonna be a (beep) great day.I'm ready.As long as we don't setoff a fire alarm, I'm fine.- Yeah, we'retalking about it on Twitter.- Michael's got the hookup.- What's the scoop,Brainiac Brent and Maniac Michael?- Maniac Mike's the social- There I go again with- media expert.- another fire alarm, guys.- Alright, so, theyevacuated the 20th floorand the elevator's dropped, so...The only way down is (beep)- Oh shit,is that the fire alarm in the lobby?- Did you hear that?- Is thatthe alarm in the lobbyor the stairwell?- That's the stairwell.- That's the stairwell?- Alarm on the 20th floor.- Fire, fire alarm, just like last night.(loud beeping)- Fuck!- Nevermind.- It's an announcement,it's the all clear announcement.- Oh.- Oh.- Alright, let's...Oh shit, it auto...- Whoa, dude!- Hey!- It auto-adjusted to like,the native resolution of this monitor.That's freakin' crazy.We have been presentedwith late-breaking newsabout Mac OS X Developer Preview.Let's go to our reporter Maniac Mike, uhManiac (beep) My line (beep) My line…(both laughing)- Let's go to our reporterManiac Mike out in the field.Mike, what's the late-breaking newsabout Mac OS X Developer Preview?- I actuallyhave no idea becauseit is very late.(laughs)- It makes not even any perfect sensein this type of year!- So you canuse this with specifichardware configurations, aPower Mac G3 Blue and White.Yeah, so, only with certainG3s this thing will work with.Thankfully, we have oneit's compatible with.So, we should be able toinstall this, no problemo.Ooh, the old splash screen.What would you call that texture?Like, that texture was, like,always used like in the 90's?Have you ever installed anold OS like this from Apple?- From a verylong time ago, trying to getone of my iMacs to getto boot into classic.- Oh, fun.Check the installation manual fora list of support computers.Well, we already did that,so, homework complete.Let's...Alright, Mike, you gotta read this for mecause I'm illiterate.Can you read the wholesoftware license agreement?- I don't know,but it looks like it's easierto read than the iTunes agreement.- I was goingto say the iTunes agreementprobably like five times longer than this,and talks about like, nuclearwar or some shit, doesn't it?- I mean,it's like 110 pages,last time I checked.- Holy shit.Alright, click Continueto install full version ofMac OS X, that's great.Let's look at the languages.We could put Japanese on here,but I'm not Japanese, soI'm not gonna do that.Customize, let's do,We need the essentialsystem software, obviously.BSD subsystem,documentation, demos, Mac OSCan we just uncheck Mac OS?Do we really need that?It let's me uncheck it, soI don't know what that actually is.- Let'sjust keep it just in case.- Just in case.Click Continue there, andDestination disk?Oh you know what?Is there a way for me tomount the disk that's in here?Cause I don't see it on the desktop.I'd like to see whatfiles are on it beforeI just do this, cause I mayjust have to do some formatting,cause it looks like there'salready a system on here.It's just crashing.Alright, so let's see what we've got here.We have...Oh, it's not mounted.Okay, uh, hmm.So I could initialize it from here,but it's gonna wipe everything out.So, what I'm gonna dois I'm gonna see if it'll installover the current installation withouthaving to do an initialization.It doesn't--- How muchHow much space do you have on that disc?- That' an excellent question.- Cause wecould just partition it.Oh wait, I can see it right there.- Yeah, looks like we haveit's an 8 GB disc, er, almost a 9 GB disc.The disc has enough spacefor a basic installation.Well that's fantastic, let'ssee if that will actually...Okay, configuring your computer to...Oh!Well, Restart, it is.I have a feeling this isnot going to work, though.Holy shit!- Oh!- We got something.Okay, so far, so good.Welcome to Macintosh.Creating Mac OS X volume, okay.- I'm guessingthey just let it do its thinguntil it does somethingthat requires our attention.- Well, you know,it does say \"Please Wait\",so we must follow thecomputer's instructionsvery carefully, coz you don'twant to make them angry.- At leastit's being nice about it.- (laughs) It asks politely.Okay, so 14 files coped, two percent done,28, 41, it's actually doing shit,so I think we have some success here.So let's just analyze thebeautiful 90's design here.So, you have like this...I dunno what Apple calledit, but they used it a lot.It's almost like a...- It's something.I don't know the name of it,but I remember--- Yeah.- Seeing the option in...In Photoshop.- Yeah, like that is a textureI remember seeing there.It's kinda, I dunno, it's almost likethey're cases.Like their espresso caseshad that kinda texture.It's like a plasticy looking thing, butthey used it a lot.And then you have like, this nice like,bevel look, like with the OS X logo,and these beautiful longdropshadows going on here.I know Brainiac Brent's abig fan of dropshadows, so(clicks tongue)that's for you.And then, uh, down here,I don't know what typefaceor font that still is.It doesn't look like Chicago, soit's probably uh, Charcoal?That might be Charcoal.Bust out your Adobe capture app!- That's what I was doing.(laughs)- Oh, he was doing.It might be too small for it to pick up,but I think that's Charcoal.Here we go, sponsored by Adobe.Oh, wow, that's amazing how itjust highlighted it like that.We are in the twentiethcentury, ladies and gentlemen.You heard me right.Twentieth century.- And that's what we got.- What the frick?Ingeborg Stripes?What the shit?- I have to fact check that.(laughs)I've never heard of that font in my life.Actually, that would be a typeface.A typeface, I believe,because it's a family.Wow, this is just cruisin'.Alright.And we're gonna reboot now.We're configuring network right now,and by we, I mean thecomputer's doing all the work,and we're just, we're watching it do it.- So far, so good.- Yeah, I'mactually very surprisedit's working okay.(knocking on desk) Knock on a lot of(beeping) wood right now!(both laughing)- Oh?- Oh, it went away!We scared it, we scared it!- We have menu bar.- Hey, shit,we do have a menu bar.Within it, ginormous package up here,and a package down here, soYeah, it's reading all these pkg files.We could pause this?Oh okay.Oh, now it's doing, oh shit...Installing all these things.Let's see, let's futz aroundin the menu bar for now.About Installer, alright.Doug Wiebie, Matt Watson,Grant something Arthur,Jean-Pierre Croudad, Idon't know, it's french.I'm sorry, Jean.Minimize Window, oh that's window shade.Bullshit, let's not minimize.(laughs)Services, nothing's in there.Can I tear these out?Oh shit, I can tear--(screams)- Yeah, they stilltear out like in NeXTSTEP.Look at that.Oh my gosh, that is something.Oh, and you can tear the sub menus out.Dude, I could never get used to this.I don't know.I just like the menu bar too much.- Also, noticehow the menu bar does nothave any curves.Like, this--- Yeah, they'renot simulating like,the CRT aperture kinda thing.- Even thoughthey would do that in theIn the first version ofof OS X and even in, I believe,uh, DP3 and DP4.- They did itall the way through Tiger.- Yup.- Yeah.- So this,cause this predatesLeopard by a long shot.- Oh yeah, by a long shot,yeah, by eight years, yeah.But Leopard got rid of it.Now, there was a coolapp called Displaperture.I think it's Display Aperture,or however they pronounced it,and it would actually simulatethe rounded corners.- Yeah, I remembermy friend telling me that.- Oh, I usedthat a long time ago.Apple was very like, keen onrounding corners for everything.Like, even the buttons, I meanwhen Jobs first pushed for that,he was like, \"Come outside with me!\"There's rounded rectangles everywhere!\"He was very adamant about doing that.And, fun fact for those who didn't know,(bass guitar riff)The 68k processor in the original Maccouldn't do square roots, so you couldn'tdraw circle so you couldn'tdraw a rounded rectangle.So I think it wasBill Atkinson that lead this little task.He found a way to use addition methodsto actually like draw the rounded cornersof the buttons because hecouldn't do square roots,so, (clicks tongue) there you go.Software workaround.And there's all the nibs which arecompiled interface builder documents.Wonder if we can...There's a Maximize button here.Can we...Oh shit!- Whoa!- That's a little too big!We can get, we...Whew, it is...Got hot in here all of a sudden.It's way too much for me.Installing cores, bitch.Installing cores.Hey, would you like your receipt today?I'll give you your receipt.Oh, this one is installing nowhere.Okay.Alright, we're on BSD now.Just look at it.Manman?(laughs)He was bitten by a man andgiven the powers of a man.- Now it's man with two Nsand seven and four!- Man four six! (laughs)That was probably, um,and I'm guessing manual pages for the...- Most likely.- Yeah, for the terminal.Uh, I'm guessing what that's from, becausethose are usually...(chime) that's usually whatthat abbreviation means.Quacker.h?Alright, that's a new one.So right now, we're installing Blue Box,which was the name for classic support.So this would let classicMac OS applications runin the new Mac OS X environment.Because the OS was rewritten,the programs wouldn't just run natively.You needed some sort of,I guess it was emulation?Not 100 percent sure whatthe technical term is,but the Blue Box systemwould've allow that to run.This later got called Classic.It got renamed fromBlue Box, and Yellow Boxwas the new environmentfor new applicationsto take advantage of all the new features,and that eventually got named Cocoa.And then, in-between, youhave the Carbon environment,which let you tweak yourclassic applications to runwith more of the new benefits of OS Xwithout having to do afull rewrite in the Cocoa environment.So, little bit of history there for you.And we're going to developer tools now.Alright now, well the bluebar's almost all the way full.That means we're almost done, butwe're just getting started.We're gonna test drive thissystem and see how it worksbecause it's really cool.It's a hybrid of NeXTSTEPand Mac OS 8/OS 9, really.Because it's, it's kinda likeOS X before it really became OS X.It's all still Platinum andNeXTSTEP-y, no Aqua or anything.That came a little bit later.Alright, looks like we got beachball,so we should be restarting soon.- Ah, we got a loading box.- We do havea loading box, sweet.Hopefully, this is good to go.Then we could have some fun.They had some demo packages on here too,so that should be fun.- I can'tbelieve it's actually working.- Shit yeah, looks like it'sloading the desktop.Welcome to the Setup ASS-sistant.Sorry.(laughs)Let's actually do this.We can probably maximize this shit too.Whoa!- I see it!- What's up?- I like howthe icon on Setup Assistant...- Mm-hm.- They didcarry that over into--- Yeah.- The future versions, but,they got rid of the traffic lights.- Yeah, theydon't have the signals here.- They don'thave the traffic light,but they have the--- Like, little tuxedo.- They have the tuxedo icon.- With a bow tie, very pretty.Alright.So, enter password, okay.So let's see, assigning aadministrator or root passwordprotects against malicious, accidental--Oh wait, hang on.This looks it's like a contextual iconcause now it's got like,a police badge on it.- Yeah.- Password, umone, two, three, four, five, six.Just remember that.one, two, three, four, five, six.I'll click the right arrowto continue coz (beep) you.(laughs)- Okay, to configureyour ethernet ports properly,you must enter information abouthow each port will be used.Well we don't have a (beep)tonof options right here,so PCIP and AppleTalk.- Pretty much.- Cuh-lick!Alright, configure manuallyconfigure automatically.How do you want to configure the host nameand default router for this computer?Well, there's no place like home,so we're gonna do that.Oh hey, you got a littlecursor icon changefor the window resizer.Hang on a second, you could...what the (beep)?What, hang on.Can you do it from here?What!Hang on, I'm freaking out here becausethat's a feature they got rid ofin the final release of Mac OS X.You could not resize from all corners.You could only resize from down here.- And then,they added that back causepeople were angry.- They added itback in Lion, like years later.- Yeah.- Like, oh my gosh!So I wonder why they got rid of that?Shit.All the things you learn.Anyway, um, this is called local host.Very original.No, this computer's just another node.I don't even know what that means.(laughs)How do you want toconfigure the IP address?(exhales)- Eh, dynamic.- Would that be,would that be automatic then?- Yeah- Yeah, I was likeit's gotta be that.Um, (hums and whistles)- I don't thinkyour net encloses anymore.- I was gonna sayI don't think that's a thing.- These are still network,- Can we just skip that?- Still network.- Lotta network options.- There we go.- Alright, this I knowhow to use.So let's go to Belize, nope not really,Bogota, what the frikky frak?Alright, Boise.Close enough.Oh, there's only like so many options.So let's do (mumbles) what the...What?That's seriously it?What?Should we use the MysteryScience Theater time zone?Alright, we need usernames,so let's make one.I'll be Krazy Ken, mylogin name will be Ken,my password will be Ken.Nah, that'sWhat, it doesn't--(laughs)- It doesn't, it doesn'tOh my gosh, it doesn'tblock out the password?Okay, well, not the most secure thing, butthere you go, now you know my password.Hooray.Let's make one for Maniac Mike.(typing on keyboard)What?Does the M key not work on this keyboard?(laughs)- Wow!- Of all the letter,every other letter works except- M- M- Sorry, we justwon't give you an account.Oh shit.- No I could,I thought of something.- What did you think of?- Internet keyboard- Oh, there you go.It only reaches that far though.Or that far, or that far, or that faractually reaches pretty far.Go ahead.- Let's do because...Does N work?Yes!- Then do.- N, okay.NNaniac Nike.- Because the NThe M key doesn't work.(laughs)- And you'll just be Nike.- Wait, what?- What?How does the M key work now?What the (beep)?- Okay, change it back.Click up there.- How, oh, sorry.- Oh wait, I can just Tab.- Yeah you could Tab.Or maybe you can't.- Okay.(both laughing)- How does thekeyboard work when you press itbut not when I press it?That's bullshit!- Today on Peppermint Park,we're introducing the letter M!- This keyboard is not like,doesn't have like touch ID built in.I know it doesn't.- Alright,super secret password?- One through six.(laughs)Zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero,one okay, fair enough.(laughs)- It works.- Oh my gosh.Show login window at startup?Yes.Review settings?Go ahead.- Go ahead.- And here it goes.We got a checkered flag becausewe won the race.And we need to restart.Okay, here we go.I wonder if there's a Verbose mode?Wanna try it?Let's do it.We'll Command+V at the bong.Oh yeah!- Hey!- There's a Verbose mode.Alright!File system cleaned.(clicks tongue) Skipping checks.Tuning system...I've never paid attention to that.That's a thing it says.(mumbles) Sound's a little low.(mumbles) There we go, you're tuned.You're good to go.Alright, shit!- I love the old restart icon.It's like...Like what?(laughs) Is it likea game of Breakout, likeBoing!Just uh--- Well, Iguess we should log in to--- Yeah, let's log into Kenwith my super secret password.Oh, now it starts. Now, of course.Yeah, it's actually alittle more secure that way.Alright, let's clickthe little house button.(upbeat music)\n"