Operating system for my g4

Hello, I reciently came across a g4 that has been wiped clean and I need to install an operating system. It has 800Mhz, 256MB, 30GB . Does anyone know which operating system(s) I will be able to install on this machine. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!

Welcome!
The 800 mHz processor limits you to a max of Mac OS 10.4.11. Unfortunately, Apple no longer sells this version and the highly desired retail install disk sets that exist are badly overpriced on the open market. The demand is high enough that some fraud is occurring, too. I've seen this OS offered as a "pay for" download on eBay--highly illegal and likely to be an unworkable version.
A Mac Users Group is probably the best place to start looking. Also, some schools sell off old disk sets after they shed older computers.

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