Metalchic
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http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/syslist.html
living downloads of System 0.85 and Finder 1.0 :O :O:O
living downloads of System 0.85 and Finder 1.0 :O :O:O
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copies of mac os you wish had been obliterated from memory
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The copy of System 0.85 I uploaded a while back is still there btw, if you want it.
http://mac.profusehost.net/mac.zip
There's also a discussion thread with screenshots, very interesting. Can be found here.
http://mac.profusehost.net/mac.zip
There's also a discussion thread with screenshots, very interesting. Can be found here.
alk
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It's not a matter of the OS being recent or useful that keeps Apple from offering 8.x or 9.x for free (though I'm sure it doesn't hurt). Rather, both of those operating systems as shipped contain licensed code from third parties that Apple can't release for download without paying a fee to the originator of the license.
Peace,
Drew
Peace,
Drew
Scott Baret
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Don't be too pessimistic. Cliff Johnson released his games into the world of freeware. Yes, he's a one-man operation and Apple is a huge company, but you never know. Didn't Corel make WordPerfect 3.5 for Mac free at one point?
Anyways, I do remind anyone who is looking around those sites that the only legal Mac OS to download are the ones on Apple's site.
As for system versions that we could do without, I'm surprised nobody's mentioned 6.0.6 yet. It wasn't even released though I heard it got out on a few disks from third party companies back when the Mac OS was distributed with programs. Supposedly it had some fatal bugs in it, prompting Apple to go right to 6.0.7 when the Classic, LC, and IIsi hit the market.
Anyways, I do remind anyone who is looking around those sites that the only legal Mac OS to download are the ones on Apple's site.
As for system versions that we could do without, I'm surprised nobody's mentioned 6.0.6 yet. It wasn't even released though I heard it got out on a few disks from third party companies back when the Mac OS was distributed with programs. Supposedly it had some fatal bugs in it, prompting Apple to go right to 6.0.7 when the Classic, LC, and IIsi hit the market.
Scott Baret
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I think B&R Computer has 7.1 for sale. A link to them is found on one of the threads about where to get old Mac software.
I wish Apple still offered it for sale, maybe for five bucks or something...or made it free like 7.5.3 since it does run better on some machines than 7.5.3.
I wish Apple still offered it for sale, maybe for five bucks or something...or made it free like 7.5.3 since it does run better on some machines than 7.5.3.
Scott Baret
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I thought of another version that should have never existed: System 7 Pro.
Basically, this was System 7.1 with some extras bundled with it. If I recall it cost a ton more money than 7.1.
Also, the buggy versions: 3.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.6, and 7.5.4. They all got pulled pretty quickly. I think 3.1 turned up on one of Apple's driver disks (I remember hearing about this years ago). Contrary to popular belief 6.0.6 is NOT on the ROM disk of a Classic; it runs System 6.0.3 (even though Apple claims 6.0.7 is the minimum for a Classic). What is included is the Brightness cdev from 6.0.6 (since 6.0.3 was released before this cdev was written). The icon is actually different in the 6.0.6 version, the sun icon is thinner than the big thick one on the 6.0.7/6.0.8 cdev. 6.0.6 is NOT in the folder of System 6 installs on the System 7 Group Install CD either--nor are 6.0 or 6.0.1 (two more buggy versions).
I also wish the original Mac OS 10.0 could be eliminated from memory. I actually bought the first release of 10.0 way back in 2001. Turns out the better part of the deal was getting 9.1 in the same box back when Apple bundled them together! 10.0 worked with TextEdit, Preview, and the other Apple apps. It wouldn't even recognize my volume keys on my iBook's keyboard. I even feel Jaguar was sort of unevolved and that Mac OS X wasn't good for productive work until at least Panther (which I've never owned) or Tiger--yet it is my belief that Leopard is really the first "polished" release of the OS--equivalent to System 6.0.x in the classic OS. (Trouble is, it took 6 years for OS X versus 4 for the classic OS to get to this point). Tiger, to me, is like System 4.2 but with a ton more double decimal point upgrades.
Just my two cents here.
Basically, this was System 7.1 with some extras bundled with it. If I recall it cost a ton more money than 7.1.
Also, the buggy versions: 3.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.6, and 7.5.4. They all got pulled pretty quickly. I think 3.1 turned up on one of Apple's driver disks (I remember hearing about this years ago). Contrary to popular belief 6.0.6 is NOT on the ROM disk of a Classic; it runs System 6.0.3 (even though Apple claims 6.0.7 is the minimum for a Classic). What is included is the Brightness cdev from 6.0.6 (since 6.0.3 was released before this cdev was written). The icon is actually different in the 6.0.6 version, the sun icon is thinner than the big thick one on the 6.0.7/6.0.8 cdev. 6.0.6 is NOT in the folder of System 6 installs on the System 7 Group Install CD either--nor are 6.0 or 6.0.1 (two more buggy versions).
I also wish the original Mac OS 10.0 could be eliminated from memory. I actually bought the first release of 10.0 way back in 2001. Turns out the better part of the deal was getting 9.1 in the same box back when Apple bundled them together! 10.0 worked with TextEdit, Preview, and the other Apple apps. It wouldn't even recognize my volume keys on my iBook's keyboard. I even feel Jaguar was sort of unevolved and that Mac OS X wasn't good for productive work until at least Panther (which I've never owned) or Tiger--yet it is my belief that Leopard is really the first "polished" release of the OS--equivalent to System 6.0.x in the classic OS. (Trouble is, it took 6 years for OS X versus 4 for the classic OS to get to this point). Tiger, to me, is like System 4.2 but with a ton more double decimal point upgrades.
Just my two cents here.
