[6] Re: This List's Resurrection!

[Ryan Schmidt]

As I recall, 6.0.8L was only released outside the U.S. The story I 
always heard was that 6.0.8L was created for certain new models which 
were supposed to be System 7-only, but for which localized versions of 
the OS were not ready in time. But it could also have been that certain 
popular 3rd-party software was not compatible with System 7 in time for 
the new models' release. Apple may have produced this special last 
System 6 verison so that customers who relied on that software could 
still buy new Macs. You may recall this behavior recently in the Power 
Mac G4 line, which was supposed to have been OS X-only, but of which a 
special OS 9-capable variant was produced to appease customers who had 
to use software for which no suitable OS X version yet existed. In 
fact, the special OS 9-capable G4s were not different at all; it was 
the OS 9 version with which they shipped which was specially modified.

At any rate, the 6.0.8L read me has the following to say about which 
models it works with:

"Unlike previous versions of system software, version 6.0.8L does NOT 
work on all Macintosh computers.  It runs on the Macintosh Classic, 
Macintosh Classic II, Macintosh PowerBook 100, Macintosh LC and 
Macintosh LC II.  System software version 6.0.8L does not work on any 
other Macintosh computers."

The Classic and LC worked with the standard version of 6.0.8, so I 
cannot explain why Apple felt it necessary to include them in the list 
of compatible 6.0.8L models.

On 21. Sep 2004, at 05:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob) wrote:
Which leads me to ask, has anyone ever found a way to make System 6.x
work on the early PowerBook 1xx series?  After all, it's got a 68030
processor and a maximum of 8 Megs of RAM, and would literally FLY on 
6.0.8
or its ilk.  And I know there was a version 6.0.8L which could be 
used on
certain models...
I'd love to have System 6 on my PB170, but (and correct me if I'm 
wrong) I
was under the impression that 6.0.8L was released for certain 68000 
machines
which were woefully under equipped for the OS of the day (ie. System 
7).  It
was a generous gesture from Apple.  I simply wish they went that extra 
step
and gave us a System 6 capable PB170!

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