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eric
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Jun 13, 2022 - #1
You may have seen these lists other places - commonly refereed to "Awesome Lists" - meaning a curated list of links for a specific topic. eg: https://github.com/alnacle/awesome-emulators

One of the most difficult things for a new vintage user to do is get a set of OS installers they need in the format their device requires. Say you have a FloppyEMU and need disk copy 4.2 images (in a archive format you can extract on your modern machine), or a bootable ISO, Toast/ISO/dmg, or a language variant, 800k version for a early SE, etc.

This also might help build find and fill in gaps for installers/formats.

Using this thread as a planning area and will move the content to a resource once we get a good list of content.

Another thing we could do is build a "System Software" Banner for the garden so we can easily jump between all OS versions.

machut is a great place to start - though they're all in .sit.hqx so you must extract them first in an emulator before using. This list is just a starting point for the installers/files.

System Sets (CD/DVD)

Bootable Floppy Disk Images

Pre System 6

System 6

System 7

Mac A/UX

Mac OS 8

Mac OS 9



Mac OS X
... coming

Please reply with links and missing items!

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Volvo242GT
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Jun 13, 2022 - #2

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retr01
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Jun 13, 2022 - #3
Great idea, @eric! [idea]:)

AUX 1.1 was discussed at the aux-penelope site. However, I still cannot find that version.

I noticed a couple of system enablers and a patch to run MacOS 8 on 030 at this themacarchive site. That site has images of various utilities and other software that folks may need to find quickly.

eric
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Jun 13, 2022 - #4
>> retr01 said:
system enablers Click to expand...
Good call, these can be tricky to get to the system depending on what devices/mediums you have.

@Volvo242GT Thanks!

ScutBoy
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Jun 14, 2022 - #5
System 6.0.6? Don't think I've ever seen that one...

Nixontheknight
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Jun 14, 2022 - #6
>> retr01 said:
Great idea, @eric ! AUX 1.1 was discussed at the aux-penelope site. However, I still cannot find that version. I noticed a couple of system enablers and a patch to run MacOS 8 on 030 at this themacarchive site. That site has images of various utilities and other software that folks may need to find quickly. System Enabler 030 System Enabler 065 MacOS 8 Patch for 030 Click to expand...
The Born Again installer can do the patches for Mac OS 8 automatically if a Mac OS 8.0 or 8.1 CD is inserted and detected. I used it on my LC III to put 8.1 onto it

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3lectr1c
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Jun 14, 2022 - #7
Here are some fun betas!

Snow Leopard Pre-releases, including those that run on PPC
Cancelled Mac OS 8 "Copland" Build D7E1
Copland Build D9
Lastly, two different Garden listings for seemingly similar Copland builds. Not sure what the difference is, but here they are:
#1
#2

I can also add this list (when finished) to my website as another source if people would like that :)

Volvo242GT
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Jun 15, 2022 - #8
>> ScutBoy said:
System 6.0.6? Don't think I've ever seen that one... Click to expand...
Apparently was too buggy for Apple to introduce it with the IIsi, LC, and Classic machines. So, it's extremely rare. I haven't tried to run it on a machine yet. Need to make some floppies of it, then I'll try it out on either the SE or the IIci.

Volvo242GT
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Jun 15, 2022 - #9
>> eric said:
Good call, these can be tricky to get to the system depending on what devices/mediums you have. @Volvo242GT Thanks! Click to expand...
@eric Sure, not a problem.

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