No, it was MDDs generally...I'm not sure the FW800 ones could boot into OS9 at all.
On Thursday, September 25, 2014, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 22, 2014, at 7:50 AM, Gregory Allen <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm a new member on this group. I'm not a natural Mac user as I'm > trained in windows, dos and unix based systems. I first came into contact > with macs through a friend's Powerbook G3 as a kid, and later I fixed the > very same mac in a matter of minutes. I've had 4 macs in total, however I > only have two now which I recently bought to fill a mac-shaped void in my > life... > > > > > > I have two macs which I have bought recently: > > G4 PowerMac MDD FW400 with a single core 1.25GHz processor > > G3 PowerBook 'Lombard' with a 400MHz processor; RAM at its max with > 512MB and a 20GB HDD > > > > I paid about £30 for the lombard and about £25 for the mdd > > > > I'm trying to get OS 9 on the g4 and I have 9.1 on the pb. > > I dimly recall that the MDD series needed a special version of OS 9, > because it was the first Mac to come with OS X as default. May have been > the FW800 one I'm thinking of, though. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for > those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:;> > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:;> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "G-Books" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:;>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Books" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
