I found some places to keep eyes on for the displays, but I may be switching my focus to my PowerBooks for restoration. I got some RAM and checked out some of the parts in my machine.
The graphics card is a GeForce 4MX 32MB that isn't immediately supported under OS 9. This may be reason to switch up to OS X. I only managed to get 1GB of known good RAM at the minute. I'm also running from an old iMac G3 hard disk while I burn a copy of OS 9. I'm still trying to find my Panther backups, or will have to see about buying a copy.
That's where I think I've hit the roadblock. I have quite a few programs for OS 9 that I can use, as well as some games and other bits to mess around with. While I'd like to use OS X (especially Panther), I can't find any more software for the older versions of X. For instance, I discovered that my TiBook normally came preloaded with some very nice software, but mine came without a hard drive, so I had to put what I had onto it (OS 9). I'd like to take my TiBook places, and use it, but with poor software support, I have nothing.
I guess the question is where can you go to get this software? It's like trying to get NeXT software, so old and specific that you'll almost never find what you need...I'm definitely willing to pay, but I also can't see myself paying 100$ for a crazily outdated edition of, like...Appleworks.
The graphics card is a GeForce 4MX 32MB that isn't immediately supported under OS 9. This may be reason to switch up to OS X. I only managed to get 1GB of known good RAM at the minute. I'm also running from an old iMac G3 hard disk while I burn a copy of OS 9. I'm still trying to find my Panther backups, or will have to see about buying a copy.
That's where I think I've hit the roadblock. I have quite a few programs for OS 9 that I can use, as well as some games and other bits to mess around with. While I'd like to use OS X (especially Panther), I can't find any more software for the older versions of X. For instance, I discovered that my TiBook normally came preloaded with some very nice software, but mine came without a hard drive, so I had to put what I had onto it (OS 9). I'd like to take my TiBook places, and use it, but with poor software support, I have nothing.
I guess the question is where can you go to get this software? It's like trying to get NeXT software, so old and specific that you'll almost never find what you need...I'm definitely willing to pay, but I also can't see myself paying 100$ for a crazily outdated edition of, like...Appleworks.