Since this old Macs have lost support, it’s probably a better idea to install
the PPC version of Ubuntu Linux; or maybe better, the PPC version of Lubuntu
(Lite version for older hardware). This would allow you to run current versions
of browsers like Chrome or Firefox. Since Ubuntu & Lubuntu
On Jun 9, 2016, at 8:12 AM, Xan wrote:
> Hi there. This might be a far fetched request given how old these Machines
> are these days but I don't suppose anyone's got the original software restore
> discs for one of these G4's have they? I believe (though I cannot seem to
> confirm it) there
Well yea, but I already have full retail versions of OS 9, 10.4 and 10.5
but that's not why I made this topic, I'm interested in knowing from anyone
that may have them about the restore discs than came with the Mac
originally, such as what their part numbers are and also what was on that
On Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 8:33:47 PM UTC-7, Kris Tilford wrote:
> I assume you’re saying “I think I shorted out the power supply & VRM” but
> did you confirm either the power supply or VRM was bad?
>
>
Well, I was following the Troubleshooting section of the service manual,
but
Hi there. This might be a far fetched request given how old these Machines
are these days but I don't suppose anyone's got the original software
restore discs for one of these G4's have they? I believe (though I cannot
seem to confirm it) there were two discs distributed with these Macs, a
