Is my old PowerBook G4 dead?

I'm on a trip in the U.S. now and left my older PowerBook G4 with a friend so we could iChat while I am away. He said it wouldn't start up and I got him to startup with the original MacBook G4 install disk by using OPTION+start and he is seeing the message shown in the screenshot here:
http://lerner.net/doug/PowerBookG4Error.jpg
Is there anything that can be done?
Thanks,
doug

Yes, I agree I am confused.
Sorry - I get mixed up with the names.
Here are the computers and discs in question.
(1) My 17" MacBook Pro from late 2006 that I am using even as we speak while on travel in the U.S. It's also my main work computer. The original install discs are there in my house in Tokyo and I have the retail version of the 10.5 discs with me in case of an emergency. This is an Intel MBP.
(2) My older 17" PowerBook G4 that my friend is using while I am gone to contact me by iChat. That's the one that seems to have broken. We don't know where that computer's install discs are. That is a PPC model.
(3) An even older 13" Mac of some kind. I don't think it's a G3, but maybe it is. I think it is a G4. It was more or less contemporary with the 17" PowerBook G4. That computer is on loan to another person so it is not available. But the install discs for that computer are what my friend found.
So both (2) and (3) are PPC. But I'm not sure of what OS X version is on the install discs for (3) or whether it will install on computer (2).
doug

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