Hi, I found Apple LEgacy CD - located 7.5.3, created the installation floppies .... but
"The system software installer script does not recognize this Macintosh" - I'm advised to use the floppies which came with the Mac. ANy suggestion here ? M On Aug 19, 2013, at 2:03 AM, Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 8/18/13, Marek Drvota <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: Powerbook 1400cs system installation > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 1:24 AM > > Aah you're right - was trying to install one prior 7.5.3 > > Here comes other question then - is there any way to get > 7.5.3 as floppy images - the one from apple.com or > max1zzz.co.uk is only CD version > > M > > Google for "Apple Legacy CD" and you'll find a disc image with all the old > systems up through (IIRC) 8.0 with the 8.1 update. It has apple ][ software > too plus the final updates to A/UX. There wasn't room for the full A/UX > system but there was for apple /// software, of which none is on the disc. I > don't think any Lisa/Mac XL software is on it either. > > To make the floppies from the disk images you'll need a Mac with a working > 1.44M floppy drive or a PC running an emulator like Basilisk II or Sheep > Shaver. Depending on what CD image you find it may be mountable on the > desktop of your Mac, mountable in an emulator as a drive or will have to be > burned to a CD-R then used in a CD drive. > > Apple made that CD in the late 1990's. Its label is white with black Apple > logo and lettering and a wide, green bar across the middle. > > Around the same time Apple released a disc set containing all their operating > systems 7.5 through 8.6 and software. The first version of Final Cut Pro is > on the software CD, the others are operating systems divided up by 68K, > Pre-G3 PowerMac and G3 PowerMac. Those discs have a light blue label with > white Apple logo and lettering. > > All those discs are hard to find ~15 years since their release, supposed to > be only for authorized Apple service persons but some people managed to order > extra sets and some ended up on eBay. The five discs will have you all set > for any apple ][ or Macintosh made in the 20th Century. > > -- > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
