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    Booting iMac G3 from firewire dvd-rw

    Hi, I am interested in purchasing a LaCie d2 external fw400 dvd-rw so I can boot OS 9.2 from a CD and install it on an iMac G3 slot-loading 700. My questions are, will it boot from this drive externally? If so, how do I boot from the drive (is it opt or T)? and can this drive burn and read...
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    Fastest browser for PPC 10.3.9 and above

    I came across this browser that is the fastest text and picture browser I have used. Links2. It blows any standard browser out of the water with the exception that it doesn't run javascript (it won't hang on clicking on a link though). Requires X11 which is on the install cd (doesn't require...
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    How to get 4.5G ram in an iMac G5 iSight

    While it does say this on everymac's website for these two computers, getting this memory will allow you to exceed the 2.5G limit for ram, 4 GB Samsung 2Rx4 PC2-6400U-666 I recently purchased a stick off of ebay for $15 and it works well. Cheers, Jeff
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    Get an old Mac on the web?

    Here is a link to a site that uses a Web Rendering Proxy on a modern computer to get an older Mac to surf the web. I haven't tried it so I can't vouch for its usefulness but it looks like a good solution to surfing the net on a classic mac. https://github.com/tenox7/wrp
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    thermal paste for a g4 graphite?

    Hello,   I am replacing the logic board and cpus in my dual 500 gigabit g4 and am wondering if I need to use thermal paste for the cpus.  From the heatsink I took off of my board I just see a rectangular piece of black tape/plastic (very thin, ?) on the heatsink and a small piece of plastic...
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