Can I Use my eMac Hardware Test CD to test my G3 900mHz iBook?

Hi All!
Can I use my 1.25 mhz eMac's Hardware Test CD to test my G3 900mHz iBook? I'm getting different answers from people who haunt the forums on MacLife and MacNN and MacWorld, saying that it might or might not work or that the test programs aren't any different, and some say the Hardware test on TechTools covers all Macs so same's true of Apple test CDs. Since this is the Apple site I'm taking it to the horse's mouth here. What's the story?
Thanks!
Trudi

Rhonda,
To me, the way you rub shoulders with regular Apple users here is the way Apple people ought connect with their public. I'm not asking or expecting Apple PR/Tech/Admin to chat or even talk at all on these (their own...) forums, but it's dismaying to me that only one Apple guy/gal ever drops by on a blue moon to eavesdrop (much less comment) on any non-PR department filtered real-world qualms or feedback their own customers have. That you care enough for Apple's own customers manyfold over what Apple ought be doing CSR-wise sans pay makes me tip my hat to you and I hope some Mac magazine picks you up as a stringer consultant if not outright employee.
James Greenidge
(Running Tiger 10.4.10 on G3 900hz iceBook almost as spry as my G4 eMac!)

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