Re: Best System 7 version for PB 540c?

2002-05-06 Thread Rick King
Now, how do you get the appearance manager in 8.1 into 7.1??? This is a trick I would be very interested in. Actually, System 7.1 would probably run great. Despite the official specs, Netscape 4.0.8 will run fine on it, and I think IE 4 will as well. There was a... discussion on one of the

Re: Best System 7 version for PB 540c?

2002-05-06 Thread Scott Holder
At 10:40 AM 5/6/2002 -0700, you wrote: Now, how do you get the appearance manager in 8.1 into 7.1??? This is a trick I would be very interested in. Either copy them from 8.1 and put the Appearance Ext and cpl in their places, or download the Appearance Manager/SDK from Apple and do the

Best System 7 version for PB 540c?

2002-05-05 Thread Mario Cajina
Hello listers, I have a 540c that I got secondhand in great condition that I've managed to install Mac OS 8.1 in. It runs well, but it can be a little slow, not to mention fat in the HD. I'd actually like to downgrade to the best System 7.x version for that PowerBook model. I have 7.5.3,

Re: Best System 7 version for PB 540c?

2002-05-05 Thread Scott Holder
Actually, System 7.1 would probably run great. Despite the official specs, Netscape 4.0.8 will run fine on it, and I think IE 4 will as well. There was a... discussion on one of the other lists about 7.1, and in the end there's very little that won't run on 7.1 that will on 7.5 or 7.6. You can

Re: Best System 7 version for PB 540c?

2002-05-05 Thread Cameron Kaiser
7.1 might just be the second best MacOS for 68ks, after 6.0.8 ;) I run 7.1 on all my 68Ks except for the NetBSD and System 6 machines. It's stable, small, fast, functional, and Force Quit even seems to work right :-) -- - personal page: