Re: mac os 7.1.1 on floppy disk

2003-03-11 Thread Joost van de Griek
On 2003-03-11 14:12, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> how can i install mac os 7.1.1 on a floppy or mabe get a boot disk for it? >> (besides the disktools disk) > > Try this link [link deleted] Ahem, that site contains links to copyrighted software... Never a good idea to post t

Re: mac os 7.1.1 on floppy disk

2003-03-11 Thread jennbert
>how can i install mac os 7.1.1 on a floppy or mabe get a boot disk for it? >(besides the disktools disk) > Try this link http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/ -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- C

Re: mac os 7.1.1 on floppy disk

2003-03-11 Thread Dan Palka
There is a good website still that as all of the systems up to 7.5.5 for free download, including system 7 pro (7.1.1). I forget where, but I always find it on google after a few minutes of searching when I need some old OS. The title of the page was "where to download the macos" >how can i in

Re: mac os 7.1.1 on floppy disk

2003-03-11 Thread Joost van de Griek
On 2003-03-11 06:03, "Justin C Rouzzo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how can i install mac os 7.1.1 on a floppy or mabe get a boot disk for it? > (besides the disktools disk) Buy it on eBay. Or even from Apple still? ,xtG .tsooJ -- /~\ The ASCII Ribbon Campaign: \ / - No HTML/RTF in email

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread Gary Sparkes
what about 7.6.1? i see a diskmaking script thingy on the apple site listed a few emails ago... is that any good? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread Gary Sparkes
> Not anymore. In the past, Apple had both the floppy version of System 7.5.3 > available online, as a series of single 1.4 MB floppy images, and the CD > version, which consists of 19 parts of one big image file that can be burnt > to a CD-R. > > The floppy version is no longer available for downl

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread RaceCivicR
I've gotten it to work fine (tested on a 520c and Quadra 800). Don't get me wrong, it's not easy but I'll do my best to describe how I did it. First I downloaded the whole 19 files and then decompressed the whole deal (gives you a folder which is your installer). Anyway, I then used it to instal

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread Robert Patterson
Wow, I'm glad this confusion seems to be solved! I thought I'd been having hallucinations! :-) Rob >Technically, you didn't use the installer to make floppies; you used >floppies to transfer the installer image to a hard drive. > >,xtG >.tsooJ -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread Fran Dollinger
Joost van de Griek wrote: >On 2003-02-13 17:26, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Joost van de Griek wrote: >> >> >> >>>On 2003-02-13 16:43, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I just took a look also, the multipart (19parts) installer is what

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread Joost van de Griek
On 2003-02-13 17:26, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joost van de Griek wrote: > >> On 2003-02-13 16:43, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I just took a look also, the multipart (19parts) installer is what I used to >>> make my floppies. >> >> Okay, I'm very curio

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread Fran Dollinger
Fabian Fang wrote: >On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 07:27AM, Joost van de Griek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>On 2003-02-13 15:38, "Fabian Fang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > > > The floppy version is no longer available for download, for some reason. >>>

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread Fabian Fang
On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 07:27AM, Joost van de Griek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 2003-02-13 15:38, "Fabian Fang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> The floppy version is no longer available for download, for some reason. >> >> Not true. Take a look at the following massive list of old

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread Fran Dollinger
Joost van de Griek wrote: >On 2003-02-13 16:43, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Joost van de Griek wrote: >> >> >> >>>I have looked there, and the only FULL INSTALLATION of "System 7.5 version >>>7.5.3" still listed is the multipart installer download, the floppy version

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread Fran Dollinger
Joost van de Griek wrote: >On 2003-02-13 16:43, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Joost van de Griek wrote: >> >> >> >>>I have looked there, and the only FULL INSTALLATION of "System 7.5 version >>>7.5.3" still listed is the multipart installer download, the floppy version

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread Joost van de Griek
On 2003-02-13 16:43, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joost van de Griek wrote: > >> I have looked there, and the only FULL INSTALLATION of "System 7.5 version >> 7.5.3" still listed is the multipart installer download, the floppy version >> is not listed there. > > I just took a lo

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread Fran Dollinger
Joost van de Griek wrote: >On 2003-02-13 15:38, "Fabian Fang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 05:07AM, Joost van de Griek >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>>On 2003-02-12 23:53, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I ha

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread Joost van de Griek
On 2003-02-13 15:38, "Fabian Fang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 05:07AM, Joost van de Griek > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 2003-02-12 23:53, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I haven't followed this thread entirely but if the question is

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread Fabian Fang
On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 05:07AM, Joost van de Griek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 2003-02-12 23:53, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I haven't followed this thread entirely but if the question is about the >> downloadable disk images on Apple's site...I too, have made a

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread victoria brandon
Rob asked: > > Did you make the floppy disks AFTER the images were mounted on the desktop? > > I didn't think there was a way to make the images directly into disks. Yes -- and I never tried to construct a whole system that way, just the emergency boot disk floppies for 7.5x & 8.5. Best, Vict

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread Joost van de Griek
On 2003-02-12 23:53, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't followed this thread entirely but if the question is about the > downloadable disk images on Apple's site...I too, have made a set of floppies > using them and have installed OS 7.5 on several machines this way. Is the >

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-12 Thread k
>Greetings, >A question on this; once downloaded and unstuffed (the 19 parts of OS >7.5.3), is it possible to take the unstuffed parts and burn a working >installer CD? I'm thinking that the issue of using a newer faster Mac to >download the System to use on an older (aka, slower) Mac would not be

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-12 Thread Fran Dollinger
Rob, I have a copy of that (7.5.3), as well. Made the same way as 7.5. Fran Robert Patterson wrote: >Fran, > >The downloads for System 7.5 were regular floppy images of an install set, >as you say. > >I think it's System 7.5.3 which is only available as a set of images that >must be mounted on

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-12 Thread Dana Collins
be an uncommon scenario. Thank you. Best regards, Dana > From: Joost van de Griek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PowerBooks) > Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:31:06 +0100 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PowerBooks) > Subject: Re: Mac OS > > On 2003-02-12 02:25, &quo

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-12 Thread Robert Patterson
Fran, The downloads for System 7.5 were regular floppy images of an install set, as you say. I think it's System 7.5.3 which is only available as a set of images that must be mounted on the desktop and installed from there. Rob > >I haven't followed this thread entirely but if the quest

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-12 Thread Fran Dollinger
I haven't followed this thread entirely but if the question is about the downloadable disk images on Apple's site...I too, have made a set of floppies using them and have installed OS 7.5 on several machines this way. Is the debate about whether or not this is possible? If so, it is, even by a

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-12 Thread Gary Sparkes
ahh... thanks anyway! > > I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the set of > > DiskCopy images available on the Apple site is not designed to make > > individual floppy disks, but the images are instead designed to be mounted > > on the desktop and installed directly from the

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-12 Thread Robert Patterson
Victoria, Did you make the floppy disks AFTER the images were mounted on the desktop? I didn't think there was a way to make the images directly into disks. Rob >> DiskCopy images available on the Apple site is not designed to make >> individual floppy disks, but the images are instead d

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-12 Thread Joost van de Griek
On 2003-02-12 02:25, "Robert Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the set of > DiskCopy images available on the Apple site is not designed to make > individual floppy disks, but the images are instead designed to be mounted > on the d

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-12 Thread victoria brandon
on 2/11/03 5:25 PM, Robert Patterson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I believe the set of > DiskCopy images available on the Apple site is not designed to make > individual floppy disks, but the images are instead designed to be mounted > on the desktop and installed directly from there. Maybe so,

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-11 Thread k
>I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the set of >DiskCopy images available on the Apple site is not designed to make >individual floppy disks, but the images are instead designed to be mounted >on the desktop and installed directly from there. > > Rob > I think I reme

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-11 Thread Robert Patterson
I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the set of DiskCopy images available on the Apple site is not designed to make individual floppy disks, but the images are instead designed to be mounted on the desktop and installed directly from there. Rob > >yes, i beleive

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-11 Thread Gary Sparkes
yes, i beleive it is 7.5.3, > So, I think I understand that you have DiskCopy images of "some" OS, and > that possibly you are trying to convert these to floppy disks on your PC? yes to that -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smal

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-11 Thread Robert Patterson
Maybe if you made it clear EXACTLY what OS it is that you have...? I've seen you write 7.5.? , but what does the "?" signify? Is it a zero or a "3"? So, I think I understand that you have DiskCopy images of "some" OS, and that possibly you are trying to convert these to floppy disks on your PC?

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-11 Thread Gary Sparkes
the images are THE FULL INSTALL SET (DISKCOPY) images :) from apple ^.^ - Original Message - From: "Joost van de Griek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 5:07 AM Subject: Re: Mac OS > On 2003-

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-11 Thread Joost van de Griek
On 2003-02-11 01:34, "Gary Sparkes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > i need a full 7.5.x install disk set :) I don't see why that trick wouldn't work on other disk images than the ones mentioned in the FAQ? ,xtG .tsooJ -- There are only 10 kinds

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-10 Thread Gary Sparkes
> i need a full 7.5.x install disk set :) -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! |

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-10 Thread Joost van de Griek
On 2003-02-06 01:16, "Gary Sparkes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is there any way i can get 7.5.3 on binary disk images so as to write them to > floppy on a pc using a program like rawrite (commonly used to write *nux > bootdisks)? or is there a program to open diskcopy on windows?

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-08 Thread Gary Sparkes
its the 7.5.? diskcopy image i need to make floppies from it on a windowspc > >this was an option if you already had toast a program for burning cds > >- you can save discimages in that one - > >and if you have toast in both pc and mac they can read each others > >images, and toast can mount disk c

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-08 Thread Charlie Reyes
>this was an option if you already had toast a program for burning cds >- you can save discimages in that one - >and if you have toast in both pc and mac they can read each others >images, and toast can mount disk copy images on the mac anyhow. >kenta Not sure if Roxio EZ CD Creator for Windows ca

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-08 Thread k
>hrm? what should i do? >- Original Message - >From: "k" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 9:59 AM >Subject: Re: Mac OS this was an option if you already had toast a program for

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-08 Thread Gary Sparkes
hrm? what should i do? - Original Message - From: "k" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 9:59 AM Subject: Re: Mac OS > > > > > > > > >> > > is there a pc progr

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-08 Thread k
> > > > > >> > > is there a pc program that can read the disk copy images? > > > on our domestic maclist (macsweden) someone said that toasts diskimages (from roxio) can be transferred to a pc read and if you want then burnt, a toast discimage is very much alike a disk copy img, and toast

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-07 Thread Gary Sparkes
hrm, i'll have to try that :) but... how will i be able to tell waht files go in what disk and whatnot? - Original Message - From: "Ben Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:54 AM Subjec

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-07 Thread Ben Smith
> -Original Message- > From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joe > Melinis > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 10:35 PM > To: PowerBooks > Subject: Re: Mac OS > > > > From: Gary Sparkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > is there

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-06 Thread Joe Melinis
> From: Gary Sparkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > is there a pc program that can read the disk copy images? No, but maybe some day Connectix will develop a "Virtual Mac OS XI" for pea sea's. Then you can use DiskCopy. Joe -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog El

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-06 Thread Gary Sparkes
is there a pc program that can read the disk copy images? - Original Message - From: "Alex Retterer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 4:44 PM Subject: Re: Mac OS > > > > > >

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-05 Thread Alex Retterer
>From: Gary Sparkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) >Subject: Mac OS >Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 16:16:55 -0800 > >is there any way i can get 7.5.3 on binary disk images so as to write them >to floppy on a pc using a program like

Re: Mac OS 9.0 to 9.2 upgrade

2002-03-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
Tobias Strohe wrote: > Hello Listas & Listessas, > > I (my wife) just inherited her mom's PB Kanga (original G3) and I would like > to install > the last classic OS possible on it. I own a OS 9.0 system CD. What do I need > to purchase > to upgrade to 9.2.x ? Or will iTunes work with 9.0, (or) wh

Re: Mac OS 10.1 IS HERE!

2001-09-25 Thread MacinNW
Whoa Michelle, the release is __after__ Friday at midnight! Per my conversation with the Computer Store/ PowerMax/ the MugStore, a 25-year Authorized Dealer, the Instant Up-to-Date version is the "flat-pak", full 10.1 CD and 9.2.1 updater CD, _no_ Developer Tools CD. You need to bring