Hello all, I am fairly sure this has been covered before but the mailing list archive's search facility does seem to search very well.
I have aquired a 7500/100 (Now a 132MHz) and a 7200/90. I am trying to find Mac OS 8.5 or full 8.6 to install on the 7500 as the 7200 is meant more for parts or Linux. I see that Apple has finally released 7.5 for free but still is behind the times as they don't sell any pre-9.2 Mac OS anymore. eBay seems to have 8.5 or 8.6 CDs go for $40, $50 or more. That is absolutely ridiculous. The OS should be given away now that Apple has dumped it, but even if it is sold the price asked is crazy. That is more than I paid for the 7500, 7200, 2 17" Apple monitors, and some keyboards combined. Can anyone point me to a sane source that sells anything in the 8.5 or 8.6 range? I would love to have a more up to date MacOS but for that price I will run either 7.6 or I will load OpenBSD or Linux. Sorry if this sounds rantish, it isn't really meant as such (especially to the kind people of this list), but as I own copies both before and after and Apple is unwilling to sell me a copy, I am kind of at a loss as the demand seems to be outweighing the supply of something that shouldn't have a supply problem :) I have the following copies of Mac OS. 7.5 (Came with PowerMac 7100 - Sold, but sent out without OS) 7.6 (Purchased Universal Install CD) 9.2.2 (Came with iBook 600 but not used) 10.1 (Came with iBook 600) 10.2 (Purchased) Thanks, Bill -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
