OS 9.2 manual?

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aljohn


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I've been given a Powermac G4 with OS 9.2. I need to get a usb keyboard tomorrow so I can use it.....
I am not the slightest bit coversant with Apple computers, and I know you'll probably all say "It's intuitive" but I would like to have something on paper to refer to. I've checked Apple's site and the downloads, manuals, etc., but I can't see a manual to explain the operating system and how to use the machine. Perhaps I will find it easy to use with no instructions, but if there's something I can download to print off I will be a very happy bunny.
Any suggestions gratefully received.
Aljohn
 
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Its out of print but still available second hand, and cheap as chips

http://www.amazon.com/Mac-OS-Visual...TF8&qid=1320590065&sr=8-1?tag=macforums0e4-20

Just to add, you will find it tricky to find browsers etc for a G4 running OS9, so it will be pretty limited. OS9 is over 12 years old, and is unrelated to OSX - which is a completelly different OS based on UNIX

That G4 could run OSX 10.4 Tiger, so you might be better off getting a retail copy of Tiger and enjoying OSX rather than OS9
 
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aljohn said:
I've been given a Powermac G4 with OS 9.2. I need to get a usb keyboard tomorrow so I can use it.....
I am not the slightest bit coversant with Apple computers, and I know you'll probably all say "It's intuitive" but I would like to have something on paper to refer to. I've checked Apple's site and the downloads, manuals, etc., but I can't see a manual to explain the operating system and how to use the machine. Perhaps I will find it easy to use with no instructions, but if there's something I can download to print off I will be a very happy bunny.
Any suggestions gratefully received.
Aljohn
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Hopefully this stuff will help (OS 9.0 & 9.2.2 are very similar):

Mac OS 9 Manual
Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual - O'Reilly Media
http://www.roug.org/soren/6809/os9guide.pdf
Low End Mac's Compleat Guide to Mac OS 9, 2008 Edition
Mac OS 9.2.2: Document and Software

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I suggest you get acquainted with the Help > Mac Help menu at the top of the screen. Everything you'd find in a book is there.

OS 9.2 is several generations old now. Please don't expect to learn anything about Macs from that.
 
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