copies of mac os you wish had been obliterated from memory

[tomlee59]

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.

As an alternative, using Gamba's procedure for downsizing 7.5.3 seems to create something quite similar to 7.1, both in terms of functionality and footprint. The amount of labor involved is minimal, and it has the attribute of using only freely available bits.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

The biggest problem with Apple releasing 7.6 and later is that Apple doesn't hold all the copyrights for those systems the way they do with earlier systems. Especially with 8.0 and above, Apple doesn't have total control. It may be possible for Apple to strip out the bits that they don't have copyright on, but I doubt they'd take the effort. Although it would be nice, even if they don't open-source it if they would at least release it the same way as 7.5 and earlier.

 

[Scott Baret]

I think Apple should release System 3.2 as well. Why 3.2? It runs on the 128K and 512K, it's stable, and it's HFS.

While I am fortunate enough to have gotten the original system disks with my 128K, many other collectors are not so lucky.

However, I don't see it ever happening.

 

[equill]

... As an alternative, using Gamba's procedure for downsizing 7.5.3 seems to create something quite similar to 7.1, both in terms of functionality and footprint. The amount of labor involved is minimal, and it has the attribute of using only freely available bits.

Well noted, tomlee59. Good for RAM-challenged Macs such as the Colour Classic and its immediate siblings, especially if ethernetworking is one of a user's aims.

Again a comfortably-sized System is a custom 7.1.3, but even that contains much that is indigestible for 68000 Macs such as the Classic and SE.

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[Scott Baret]

I use a custom 6.0.8 on my 4MB Plus and it flies.

I run Multifinder and have added the following to it:

-Backdrop (DA/INIT for putting MacPaint files on the desktop...that's right, dithered pics of my friends and I for the desktop on a Mac older than all us in the picture). This one is freeware but hard to find.

-SuperClock (cdev for placing a menu bar clock in the corner of the screen). Freeware, easy to locate.

-TrueType INIT, free from Apple's website.

-Init CDEV, an early Extensions Manager-type program. Postcardware.

I also have a few commercial products installed--SAM 3.5 (Anti-virus) and AfterDark 2.0. If you can't find the original disks for these on eBay or from one of the guys who sells old used Mac software such as B&R or Herb's, I recommend trying the Disinfectant INIT and Moire screen saver. Disinfectant is free, Moire is shareware.

And don't forget Bomb Shelter, the Andrew Welch INIT, to aid your way out of system error by forcing the continue/resume button to appear. Also, get Paul Mercer's Programmer's Key if you lost your physical key. It will work on a Plus if you use your ` key as the "power key".