micheledipaola
Well-known member
Hello people,
I am from Italy and I was in my teenage when Macintosh appeared. I already had an Apple II, so I went to my local Apple shop where I bought it, to do the "Mac test drive" and I fell in love with that little box, also because - for the first time ever - all software they showed me was in my language.
Maybe for this reason, I am willing to preserve localized System software and other programs, starting of course from Italian versions which I would love to have installed on all my vintage Macs.
The more we will be, the more it could be done effortlessly:
System 7+ disks are preserved, but with earlier versions... it is more complicated, and software beyond System risk to be lost. For instance, Network Install support disks (where the actual drivers are) in Italian are nowhere to be found, and you will not find an Italian version of Mac Paint preserved online anywhere, even if Apple made it opensource years ago.
So if you happen to have Italian (or other language!) versions of system software, drivers, applications etc. I would really love to see them uploaded somewhere online. As now, I uploaded Mac Write, Mac Draw, HyperCard 1.2.5, a couple of QuickTime versions, but surely there's more out there and I would really use your help
I am from Italy and I was in my teenage when Macintosh appeared. I already had an Apple II, so I went to my local Apple shop where I bought it, to do the "Mac test drive" and I fell in love with that little box, also because - for the first time ever - all software they showed me was in my language.
Maybe for this reason, I am willing to preserve localized System software and other programs, starting of course from Italian versions which I would love to have installed on all my vintage Macs.
The more we will be, the more it could be done effortlessly:
System 7+ disks are preserved, but with earlier versions... it is more complicated, and software beyond System risk to be lost. For instance, Network Install support disks (where the actual drivers are) in Italian are nowhere to be found, and you will not find an Italian version of Mac Paint preserved online anywhere, even if Apple made it opensource years ago.
So if you happen to have Italian (or other language!) versions of system software, drivers, applications etc. I would really love to see them uploaded somewhere online. As now, I uploaded Mac Write, Mac Draw, HyperCard 1.2.5, a couple of QuickTime versions, but surely there's more out there and I would really use your help