[G4] New to me G4/OSX questions...

[Kenn Engstrom]

Howdy all, 

I just snagged G4 from ebay (moving up from a Biege G3 MT running 9.1).
 This a 500mhz Gigabit Ethernet, Dual Processor machine, and it came
with a 38 gig HD, and a fresh install of 10.3.5, but no original
setup/restore cd's.  

I've been using Mac's for a long time, but really know just enough to
get myself into trouble...  :-)  ...and this is my first look at OSX. 
I think I want to install an OS 9 version so I can run some of my
software in classic mode if necessary.  It's been my understanding that
I need to have OSX in a partition, is that correct?  Can I just install
OS 9 now, or will I need to start fresh and reinstall OSX?  Or, does
the partition just come into play if I want to boot into 9.x.x?

Also, the keyboard came with a dead key...and possible corrective
action?  Or do I simply need a replacement?

Thanks for any thoughts, direction and/or advise.

Kenn  

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