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As @cjsebes said, it'll be pretty limited for me. I do use my G4 as a bridge machine between the MBP and my older Macs and sometimes do access sites like the Macintosh Garden, etc, directly, so it's not like the computer sits on the filing cabinet next to my desk, collecting dust.

Possibly. It may be best to remove the bezel, then do what @BPearce (RedJacketPress) suggests. Or, if the serial number doesn't have to match, find a dead 128 or 512 with a decent bezel that has a good badge. Swap that on, and call it good.

'twas a wild guess on my part... At least, saved me the time of getting the SE out of the closet it's in, then taking it apart to verify...

Looks almost like a mounting spacer for the speaker... But, I don't remember which model compact would use it.

Early versions did. I don't remember if I used 2.1.2 under System 6, but I did use Fetch back in the '90s under System 6 and 7.

Yeah, just checked my offline copy of the Apple FTP site. I do have it as a separate file, but I think I added it from the MacGUI site's server last year. BTW: @joshc, it might be worth posting the archive.org link for the MacGUI server's files, since some of us here aren't on the 'mla.

IIRC, all versions of Mac OS from 7.0 to 9.2.2 use the same Desktop DB and DF files. @Patrick, I suspect you're right. After all, it's found on one of the AppleShare disks, and didn't seem to get offered alone by Apple.

Sure, not a problem. If you do wind up dual booting 7.1 and 6.0.8, I would add the Desktop Manager extension to the 6.0.8 system folder. It allows System 6.0.x to use the Desktop DB and DF files that System 7 uses for storing data about custom icons, etc. Also prevents the automatic...

As @eric says, an SE can run 7.5.x, but it's too slow and uses too much RAM. I used to have an SE SuperDrive machine that dual booted into both 6.0.8 and 7.5.1. Used the 7.5.1 system folder once during the whole time I owned it. 7.0, 7.0.1, and regular System 7.1 are tolerable on an SE. But...

@Certificate of Excellence No worries about the threadjack. BTW: in 2001, I was 25/26, using my original PowerMac 7100/80... Had just gone back to the Apple II world. Built myself my dream //e machine. The one I desired back in 1988. Early //e with enhanced ROMs, AE RAMWorks II with 1MB...

Check to see if you can add one to your collection... Should be feasible now. (y)

Either the Macintosh Repository or the Macintosh Garden should have that listed. Looks like this is the one you need: https://www.macintoshrepository.org/24108-imac-g3-firmware-update-4-1-9 -J

Before doing anything, first try holding down the "C" key to boot from the optical drive. If that doesn't work, then, try holding down the mouse button at boot. That should, hopefully, cause the disc to be ejected. If all else fails, and you have a USB 3.5" IDE hard drive enclosure handy...

As of a few days ago. L-R: PowerMac G4 DA 466 512/120G config shown running 9.2.2; Quadra 950 136/2.1G/CD (runs 7.5, but not on, since, it shares the monitor and input devices with the IIfx); IIfx 8/500 shown running 7.6.1; Late 2011 MBP 2.4GHz 16G/1T, running 10.9.5. IIci, Q650, and SE are in...

Chris, Nice scores. Might as well go for it... Added the Q950 to the pile of Macs on and around my desk.

Have a couple of machines from the AppleFool site now. An SE dual FDHD, and a IIfx. SE came to me as a 1/52 configuration. Now a 4/160, like the SE SuperDrive I owned last year and early this year. IIfx was an 8/160 configuration. Now has a 500MB drive, and has matching FDHD drives...

Welcome to the asylum. Re: your MDD, I would consider updating OS X Tiger to 10.4.11. I'm pretty sure the Macintosh Garden has the Combo Updater file posted for download. If the PRAM battery is still original, even though it may be working, it's probably a good idea to go ahead and either buy...

Not a problem. Glad I could help identify the machine... As a comparison, here's an SE...

It's a 30... The character line where the floppy drive extends to the sides of the bezel, like the same character line on a IIci.

Met up with @AppaloosaMac from the 68kMLA forums in Wenatchee today. Took home these items: IIgs Woz Limited Edition machine that's donating its case to my current IIgs's guts A M1298 16" monitor Three Centris/Quadra 650 machines in various stages of repair A Quadra 950 that just needs a CD-ROM...