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  Site where I can find installer discs part number for my IBook?? DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-12 08:13 -0800
    Re: Site where I can find installer discs part number for my IBook?? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-01-12 17:20 +0000
    Re: Site where I can find installer discs part number for my IBook?? "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-13 04:04 +0000
    Re: Site where I can find installer discs part number for my IBook?? DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-13 09:48 -0800
      Re: Site where I can find installer discs part number for my IBook?? Jim Jaeger <jimjaeger@example.com> - 2014-01-13 22:06 -0800
        Re: Site where I can find installer discs part number for my IBook?? "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-14 15:29 +0000
          Re: Site where I can find installer discs part number for my IBook?? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-01-15 05:36 +0000
            Re: Site where I can find installer discs part number for my IBook?? "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-15 09:19 +0000
              Re: Site where I can find installer discs part number for my IBook?? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Kiraly) - 2014-01-15 22:58 +0000
        Re: Site where I can find installer discs part number for my IBook?? DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-14 08:03 -0800
        Re: Site where I can find installer discs part number for my IBook?? DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-14 08:22 -0800

#54634 — Site where I can find installer discs part number for my IBook??

Is there any site on the web that shows where I can find the installer disc part numbers for my IBook G3.
And or what range of numbers would also work with any particular model MAC. I have been told that a newer set if not to much newer might work.
And or a set that my not necessarily have IBook printed on them but rather EMac or IMac (PowerBooK?) perhaps also. I called Apple and got a sorry can’t help answer when I wanted to find a source to get replacement CDs

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#54636

DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Is there any site on the web that shows where I can find the 
> installer disc part numbers for my IBook G3.

I don't know about part numbers, but this page will tell you which 
bundled OS versions came with your iBook, and from there you should be 
able to track down the correct install CD set:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2191

> And or what range of numbers would also work with any particular model 
> MAC.

http://lowendmac.com/powerbooks.html

> I have been told that a newer set if not to much newer might work. And 
> or a set that my not necessarily have IBook printed on them but rather 
> EMac or IMac (PowerBooK?) perhaps also.

Yes, I have had luck interchanging install CDs between eMacs and iBooks. 
Others haven't. AFAIK there's no way to tell if it will work until you 
try it out.

-- 
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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#54682

DJW wrote:
> Is there any site on the web that shows where I can find the installer disc part numbers for my IBook G3.
> And or what range of numbers would also work with any particular model MAC. I have been told that a newer set if not to much newer might work.
> And or a set that my not necessarily have IBook printed on them but rather EMac or IMac (PowerBooK?) perhaps also. I called Apple and got a sorry can?t help answer when I wanted to find a source to get replacement CDs

It's not really an issue as far as Apple is concered. The next release
RETAIL disks would cover ALL Macs that ran it to date, and has done so as 
long as there have been Macs.

The one exception is the few number of Macs that ran Tiger (10.4) but did
not read DVDs. As we have discussed before, you had to trade in your DVD
for CDs. 

AFAIK there were never any 10.4 retail disks for the early Intel Macintosh
computers, but they all ran 10.5, and the 10.5 retail disk was for
both Intel and PPC.

So if you lost, broke, or never got them in the first place (with a used
computer for example), you were supposed to buy a retail disk.

I understand that if you live in a country that has an Apple store, you
can go to a Genius Bar and they would have the disks, (I don't),
but may not have them all.

About the time the Genius Bars started to crop up dealers were getting
rid of their old disks, and several people I know, including myself,
were able to get some intersting old disks for pennies.

Geoff.




-- 
Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379

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#54704

On Sunday, January 12, 2014 10:13:51 AM UTC-6, DJW wrote:
> Is there any site on the web that shows where I can find the installer disc part numbers for my IBook G3.
> 
> And or what range of numbers would also work with any particular model MAC. I have been told that a newer set if not to much newer might work.
> 
> And or a set that my not necessarily have IBook printed on them but rather EMac or IMac (PowerBooK?) perhaps also. I called Apple and got a sorry can’t help answer when I wanted to find a source to get replacement CDs

How can you tell what the build number is before you ebay buy do they put it on the gray disc outside? All i have seen is a numbers like 691-3647-A?
And I am tring to get9.2.2 & 10.2.1 not 10.3 or later on it as that is what it shipped with. As far as low end macs being a good site, Its ok but prefer http://www.everymac.com

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#54722

In article <539daa38-6a4a-4d8f-8944-7cc4858ec824@googlegroups.com>,
 DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Sunday, January 12, 2014 10:13:51 AM UTC-6, DJW wrote:
>> Is there any site on the web that shows where I can find the installer disc 
>> part numbers for my IBook G3.
>> 
>> And or what range of numbers would also work with any particular model MAC. 
>> I have been told that a newer set if not to much newer might work.
>> 
>> And or a set that my not necessarily have IBook printed on them but rather 
>> EMac or IMac (PowerBooK?) perhaps also. I called Apple and got a sorry canšt 
>> help answer when I wanted to find a source to get replacement CDs
>
>How can you tell what the build number is before you ebay buy do they put it 
>on the gray disc outside? All i have seen is a numbers like 691-3647-A?
>And I am tring to get9.2.2 & 10.2.1 not 10.3 or later on it as that is what it 
>shipped with. As far as low end macs being a good site, Its ok but prefer 
>http://www.everymac.com

The build number and the software version are written on the disks that 
were distributed with my iBook.

DJW, if the address in the posting is correct, you will be getting email.

jim

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#54730

Jim Jaeger wrote:
>
> The build number and the software version are written on the disks that 
> were distributed with my iBook.

The problem the OP has is the opposite. He's trying to find out what disks
he needs. He has the computer, not the disks. What's needed is a table
of disk build numbers versus the computers they support.

Or a table of computers and the disk build numbers that came with them.

Geoff.

-- 
Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379

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#54737

Geoffrey S. Mendelson <gsm@mendelson.com> wrote:
> Or a table of computers and the disk build numbers that came with them.

I posted that upthread.

-- 
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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#54740

Kir?ly wrote:
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson <gsm@mendelson.com> wrote:
>> Or a table of computers and the disk build numbers that came with them.
>
> I posted that upthread.
>
Wow, thanks. For some reason I did not see that posting.

Now can anyone tell me how to look at an ISO/CDR file (disk image) and tell
what build it contains?

Thanks,

Geoff.


-- 
Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379

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#54763

Geoffrey S. Mendelson <gsm@mendelson.com> wrote:
> Now can anyone tell me how to look at an ISO/CDR file (disk image) and tell
> what build it contains?

Navigate the disk image with Finder to System/Library/CoreServices and 
find SystemVersion.plist. Open it with Property List Editor or TextEdit. 
The build number will be shown inside.

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#54731

On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 12:06:40 AM UTC-6, Jim Jaeger wrote:
> In article <539daa38-6a4a-4d8f-8944-7cc4858ec824@googlegroups.com>,
> 
>  DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >On Sunday, January 12, 2014 10:13:51 AM UTC-6, DJW wrote:
> 
> >> Is there any site on the web that shows where I can find the installer disc 
> 
> >> part numbers for my IBook G3.
> 
> >> 
> 
> >> And or what range of numbers would also work with any particular model MAC. 
> 
> >> I have been told that a newer set if not to much newer might work.
> 
> >> 
> 
> >> And or a set that my not necessarily have IBook printed on them but rather 
> 
> >> EMac or IMac (PowerBooK?) perhaps also. I called Apple and got a sorry can�t 
> 
> >> help answer when I wanted to find a source to get replacement CDs
> 
> >
> 
> >How can you tell what the build number is before you ebay buy do they put it 
> 
> >on the gray disc outside? All i have seen is a numbers like 691-3647-A?
> 
> >And I am tring to get9.2.2 & 10.2.1 not 10.3 or later on it as that is what it 
> 
> >shipped with. As far as low end macs being a good site, Its ok but prefer 
> 
> >http://www.everymac.com
> 
> 
> 
> The build number and the software version are written on the disks that 
> 
> were distributed with my iBook.
> 
> 
> 
> DJW, if the address in the posting is correct, you will be getting email.
> 
> 
> 
> jim

did you send me email under the name George Masterson?

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#54732

On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 12:06:40 AM UTC-6, Jim Jaeger wrote:
> In article <539daa38-6a4a-4d8f-8944-7cc4858ec824@googlegroups.com>,
> 
>  DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >On Sunday, January 12, 2014 10:13:51 AM UTC-6, DJW wrote:
> 
> >> Is there any site on the web that shows where I can find the installer disc 
> 
> >> part numbers for my IBook G3.
> 
> >> 
> 
> >> And or what range of numbers would also work with any particular model MAC. 
> 
> >> I have been told that a newer set if not to much newer might work.
> 
> >> 
> 
> >> And or a set that my not necessarily have IBook printed on them but rather 
> 
> >> EMac or IMac (PowerBooK?) perhaps also. I called Apple and got a sorry can�t 
> 
> >> help answer when I wanted to find a source to get replacement CDs
> 
> >
> 
> >How can you tell what the build number is before you ebay buy do they put it 
> 
> >on the gray disc outside? All i have seen is a numbers like 691-3647-A?
> 
> >And I am tring to get9.2.2 & 10.2.1 not 10.3 or later on it as that is what it 
> 
> >shipped with. As far as low end macs being a good site, Its ok but prefer 
> 
> >http://www.everymac.com
> 
> 
> 
> The build number and the software version are written on the disks that 
> 
> were distributed with my iBook.
> 
> 
> 
> DJW, if the address in the posting is correct, you will be getting email.
> 
> 
> 
> jim

First off who are you Jim Jaeger or George Masterson?
I need to know what ibook you have either sales number such as M????L?/A and or the serial number found under the os x apple menu about this mac. And the numbers on each disc such as 621-3549?
How much would you want monetarily to make and ship them?
DJW

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