System 6 on my 2.5MB Mac Classic is def faster than System 7 On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:04 PM, d.colvin d.colvin <[email protected]>wrote:
> I guess I didn't know what to expect. Somehow I was expecting System 6 to > be a lot different then it is. But it has the same GUI "feel" as the much > more familiar (to me) OS 7. > Anyway, its got a lot more "zip" to it. Of course, I haven't loaded any > software yet. > > Thanks to the both of you. > > Dave > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Cyrus Griffin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Yeah, with the older versions of the Mac System, they had different >> versions, I would say kinda like today we have different OS and, say, Mail >> versions, since the Finder was more like an App back then. It shows the same >> thing on my Plus with 6.0.8. I think it just means that they updated the >> Finder more recently then the OS... >> >> >> -Elliott >> >> >> >> On Aug 25, 2009, at 5:33 PM, d.colvin d.colvin wrote: >> >> Marshall, >> I got an error when I put in the second installation disk (system >> additions) but it appears as is the OS was installed okay. >> >> Also, when I check "About This Finder", it shows the following: >> >> Finder: 6.1.8 >> System: 6.0.8 >> >> Is that normal for the Finder and the System to show different versions? >> I've never seen that before. >> >> David >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Mycroft <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> That will work. Or, you could just boot from the System 6 install disk. >>> >>> >I have a Classic that has 7.1 on it. I've been thinking about going back >>> to 6.0.8. After browsing "System 6 Heaven" I think its a good idea. Opinions >>> on this? 90% of what I do on this computer is word processing using Claris >>> Works and a few games. >>> > >>> > >>> >Can I just boot to the ROM, initialize the hard drive and install 6.0.8? >>> Will that work? >>> > >>> >MacDavid >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Classic Macintosh Computing >>> http://www.mymacclassic.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
