The G4s require the copy of 9.1 that they came with; or later. A 9.2 CD should boot it just fine, though.

Today I got a G4 466MHz and wanted to do a clean reinstall of OS 9.1. I took my original retail Os 9.1 CD (not an bundled to a machine one) an tried to boot. CD-Rom starts to seek…

That's a really nice setup! Congrats! The SuperMac Thunder series are really nice cards.

So I booted it up today. No problems booting. So far as I can tell it has: 32MB RAM 230MB HD SuperMac Thunder II Radius Precision 8 Asante Ethernet Card Functional Floppy …

Did you say you got a G3 card in the machine. Click to expand... No. My machine, as far as I know, has the stock 604 @ 200 MHz processor card.

600Mhz, 640MB RAM, 30GB HDD, 16x Sony CDRW/DVD Combo drive. Click to expand... How usable is it? My iBook 500Mhz with 384MB RAM and a 10GB HD isn't the most usable thing.

I have finally removed the screen - ready for when i find a new one It looks so hollow Ditty93

Well I opened it up today and installed a HD and checked all the connectors. Everything other than the PRAM battery is in place and secure. Not sure why it is not booting up howe…

Dunno about Wavelan cards, but my 3400 has been running for years on my MacWireless 11b PC Card with no problems.

John - That's the version I tried first. It refuses to load in OS9. I had to dig through my collection and found a copy of 1.5f6 and that works just fine. I'm a little older tha…

Did you say you got a G3 card in the machine. That takes a peice of software to run and if the HD is messed up nothings going to happen. Click to expand... Software for process…

Did you say you got a G3 card in the machine. That takes a peice of software to run and if the HD is messed up nothings going to happen. Put the 604 cpu back in try to boot from a …

I would recommend using RAMometer.... Click to expand... Very helpful discussion, and lead on the Gauge Utilities, which I have used for many years but without knowing this par…

I'm not particularly familiar with multiple processors in pre-OS X, but here's my question. If you are multitasking, and have two separate, intensive programs running, wouldn't Ma…

If you want an entire G3 iMac for parts I have a 350MHz, 128MB, 6GB HD model sitting here. Everything works except the sound. $10 plus shipping, including keyboard and mouse. Th…

Hmmm. I have a 9500 with a Sonnet 800MHz G4 that has strange problems from time to time. ie Apple System Profiler freezes the machine solid when I attempt to list the SCSI devices…

Hmmm... It's been a while since I've run these kinds of Sonnet accelerators in Mac OS 8 or 9. Mine are in various NetBSD machines (I have a couple of 700 MHz Sonnet accelerators, t…

Well I opened it up today and installed a HD and checked all the connectors. Everything other than the PRAM battery is in place and secure. Not sure why it is not booting up howe…

Very nice. Are they all functional? Click to expand... Most of them work great. Here are some details for those who are interested: Power Mac G4/450DP - works great, 448MB RA…

I have tested the RAM using TekTool Pro v. 3, and though I had one failure, it has passed maybe a dozen times. The documentation says that there can be occasional failures and not …

Dennis, don't you belong over on the Larry Niven group? What are you doing over here? Click to expand... I'm not sure exactly what that's supposed to mean. Are you just kiddi…

I have the motherboard for a bondi blue 233 MHz iMac. I remember that this Mac cannot use a drive bigger than 6 GB for a start up disk. I remember trying to partion a larger drive …

Yes, and if the Umax secondary processors are scarce as hens' teeth (which they are), the secondary processor in the Pios would be even scarcer (& needing connection with a…

Had some good luck with free conquests recently: Power Mac G4/450DP 2X Snow iMac/600's Beige G3/233 AIO Beige G3/233 DT PB 3400c 3X Duo 280c's IIci 5X SE's Apple IIgs 2X A…

John, that's a reasonable suggestion. However I don't see an option to change the speed. I have reported sizes and speeds, then an option to enable/disable the cache at startup o…