Well, if I can find it online, I can make boot/install disks. I
remember when I got my first vintage Mac, I didn't have a boot disk or
keyboard. (I still don't have the keyboard) and someone was nice
enough to give me a bunch of disks. I just like to return the favor to
the world.

On Sep 15, 6:46 am, Scott Holder <sc...@iamscott.net> wrote:
> platnicat wrote:
> > As I previously mentioned, I just got a Classic, and can now make
> > 6.0.8 boot disks. And honestly, who wants or needs to use System 1.1?
>
> I was given a nearly-functional 128k Mac (ROM was bad, swapped it for a
> broken Plus's, not quite original now but it works) and I had some fun
> making a low-end word processor. I got System 1 and the original
> MacWrite going and actually did a semi-decent amount of document
> creation on it. In the end the annoyance of getting the documents off
> the 400k disks (and later 800k when I accidentally discovered the Plus
> ROM upgrade enabled that) proved enough that I moved up to my Classic
> with HD floppies and internet access.
>
> It was kind of fun using vintage 1984 hardware *and* software to
> actually do something useful.
>
> Scott
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