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How did Apple distribute 6.0.8L?

protocol7

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I have a number of old developer CDs with system software images on them, but while they have 6.0.8, none have 6.0.8L. Was it shipped on floppy or some kind of download?

 

PowerPup

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TA28558?viewlocale=en_US

System 6.0.8L was a limited maintenance release of system software for markets in Apple Pacific. It was engineered to address some special needs for those markets that did not have access to System 7 at the time.
They made 6.0.8L primarily for the Macintosh Classic II and Macintosh PowerBook 100. I remember reading that it was because System 6 had a 8MB limitation, so they made 6.0.8L so it could address the Classic II's ability to hold 10MB. (Probably more reasons than just that.)

 
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