System disks for my power mac mdd g4 1.4 dual processor

i bought this power mac mdd g4 1.4 dual processor off from craigslist,no disks at all he didn't have them,so where can i get the installation disks?

Apple's Customer Service sometimes has OEM disk sets for older machines.
www.apple.com/contact/
Chances are slim, though, that they would have them for a machine that old.
You can find retail disk sets for older OS X versions at places like HarcoreMac, but their prices aren't cheap. EBay and CraigsList are other possibilities.
Your G4 MDD dual 1.42GHz machine is termed the "Power Mac G4 (FW800)" model by Apple. It originally came with OS X 10.2.3. It's max OS is OS X 10.5.8, the one apparently on it now.
Since the machine is running OS X 10.5.8, you should probably seek a retail OS X 10.5.x (Leopard) version.

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