There is also a shareware program out there called Battery Amnesia.
I've found it pretty good for getting rid of the memory effect on my
Powerbook 1400. I cn now get close to 2 hours of on time from one
battery.
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Thanks or the tip, I just grabbed this one. This will be helpful!
On 1/25/06, G Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is also a shareware program out there called Battery Amnesia.
I've found it pretty good for getting rid of the memory effect on my
Powerbook 1400. I cn now get close to 2
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From: Noah Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Jan 21, 2006 5:12 PM
To: PowerBooks powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com
Subject: Re: 1400 Mac OS 9
How can I do that? I really don't want to have to buy another, if
that's what you mean...
On 1/21/06, W. Adrian D'Alessio
Just look in the Apple Extras Portables
Just double click the battery tool!
P.S. This tip worked great for me!
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By the way, What are some energy saving tips, I don't get more than
30min with my battery.
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How can I do that? I really don't want to have to buy another, if
that's what you mean...
On 1/21/06, W. Adrian D'Alessio ( FluxStringer ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
By the way, What are some energy saving tips, I don't get more than
30min with my battery.
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From: Noah Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Jan 16, 2006 8:51 PM
To: PowerBooks powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com
Subject: 1400 Mac OS 9
Hello, and first off I would like to announce my re-subscription to
this mailing list. I left as my 1400 died but after about 4 months I
used
I just purchased SpeedDoubler and RamDoubler off ebay and I will tell
you how the work as soon as they arrive. Thanks for all your tips!
By the way, What are some energy saving tips, I don't get more than
30min with my battery.
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and no lost screws ...
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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:34:48 -0600 (CST)
From: Howard R. Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 1400 Mac OS 9
I'm a big fan of both RamDoubler and SpeedDoubler--both work really well
on both my 520c and 5300. Try and get the last version
CF usage has been discussed here before, but when has that ever stopped
us? :)
I used to boot my 5300 from a CF--the 512 has plenty of room to hold a
system folder, and everything loads faster than the HD. I actually had
the system folder on the HD too--when I wanted to use my wifi card--I
Where can I find these apps?
On 1/17/06, Howard R. Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm a big fan of both RamDoubler and SpeedDoubler--both work really well
on both my 520c and 5300. Try and get the last version (ramdoubler 8 and
speeddoubler 8) for best compatibility.
I got mine off of ebay. I just checked there, and while I didn't see any
copies of Speed Doubler listed, there were several Ram Doubler 8 packages
listed, a couple for .99, with s/h under $6.00. Check Item number:
5854693028 for one that fits that description.
Later.Howard
my
1400 to Mac OS 9. At the moment I have Mac OS 8.6 and it runs
smoothly and I like it, but I like some of the features of Mac OS 9.
So please give me your thoughts!
I agree with the other listers; without a G3 upgrade in your 1400, running
OS9 , while certainly possible (a friend has
Try to max out the RAM to 64 Mb and RamDoubler x2 to 128 Mb, mike.
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To: PowerBooks powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com
Subject: Re: 1400 Mac OS 9
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 2:16 PM
On 1/16/06, Noah Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello, and first off I would
the squeeze. What applications (and versions)
are you running on your machine?
Thanks for any insights,
Richard
From: Noah Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: PowerBooks powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com
To: PowerBooks powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com
Subject: 1400 Mac OS 9
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 20:51:47
I'm a big fan of both RamDoubler and SpeedDoubler--both work really well
on both my 520c and 5300. Try and get the last version (ramdoubler 8 and
speeddoubler 8) for best compatibility.
Later.Howard
Computer n. A
Hello, and first off I would like to announce my re-subscription to
this mailing list. I left as my 1400 died but after about 4 months I
used it and it started to work. Now I have the urge to upgrade my
1400 to Mac OS 9. At the moment I have Mac OS 8.6 and it runs
smoothly and I like it, but I
, Jan 16, 2006, at 19:51 America/Chicago, Noah Wood wrote:
Hello, and first off I would like to announce my re-subscription to
this mailing list. I left as my 1400 died but after about 4 months I
used it and it started to work. Now I have the urge to upgrade my
1400 to Mac OS 9. At the moment I
My Reply follows quote. On 16/01/2006 17:51 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Hello, and first off I would like to announce my re-subscription to
this mailing list. I left as my 1400 died but after about 4 months I
used it and it started to work. Now I have the urge to upgrade my
1400 to Mac OS 9
On 1/16/06, Noah Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello, and first off I would like to announce my re-subscription to
this mailing list. I left as my 1400 died but after about 4 months I
used it and it started to work. Now I have the urge to upgrade my
1400 to Mac OS 9. At the moment I have
I've tried OS 9.1 on all three of the 1400 flavors and even with 64MB
of RAM they don't run nealry as quick as with OS 8.6. I have always
put OS 8.6 back on the 1400's because it they were too slow.
Without a G3 upgrade in a 1400 it will not handle OS 9 very well.
Agreed. However, with a
Manfred writes,
Go there:
http://www.netscape.ca/browsers/7/download/index.jsp
and click MAC OS 9 users click here
Okay, thank you. :-) Just tried to download it, but I got a strange
prompt and then some instructions I don't know what to do with. Here goes:
The prompt, which I wrote down
On Nov 24, 2004, at 9:32 AM, Yersinia wrote:
The prompt, which I wrote down, said You have started to download the
file Netscape-mac-full.bin of the type application/octet stream.
Download is what you want to do. That's the MacBinary installer. Just
save it to your hard drive.
What plug-in do I
there:
http://www.netscape.ca/browsers/7/download/index.jsp
and click MAC OS 9 users click here
Okay, thank you. :-) Just tried to download it, but
I got a strange
prompt and then some instructions I don't know what
to do with. Here goes:
The prompt, which I wrote down, said You have
manfred writes,
The most popular Microsofts are here
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=encategoryid=5
Yes, IE 5.1.7 ist the best browser for MacOS 8-9.x. Also Quicktimeplugin
and Flash/Shockwaveplugin are working.
I'm sorry, I must have made the mistake of not being
Go there:
http://www.netscape.ca/browsers/7/download/index.jsp
and click MAC OS 9 users click here
Now if you, or any fellow lister, can direct me to the download of
Netscape 7 for OS 8/9, I'd really appreciate it.
Thank you :-D
I have used VPC 2 with OS 8.1 on my PB 1400 with 64 megs of RAM.
Spence
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From: Ted Lovejoy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Virtual PC 2 Mac OS 9.1
Has anyone tried to run Virtual PC 1 or 2 on a 3400c
Has anyone tried to run Virtual PC 1 or 2 on a 3400c with 9.1? Has
anyone been able to run Virtual PC 1 or 2 on any Mac OS?
Ted
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I have a PowerBook 1400cs and a PowerMac G3 CD. On the CD, there is the
Full Install Pieces folder, and there is an installer. When I do the
Easy Install, the installer fails mid-way when it says Finishing
Installation When I do a Custom Installation and choose Core
System Software, the
Install Pieces folder, the whole Mac OS 8
installer is there.
Well you learn something new every day! I didn't know the workaround
was _that_ easy... I'm glad you got the installer working. Can you
now just unpack the Trackpad control panel from the Tome manually or
is it totally corrupted
Would 9.2.2 be feasable on a 5300? Anyone using it?
I'm thinking with a max RAM of 64MB that it would be difficult.
Actually I'm running 9.2.2 on my 3400c 240mhz ram maxed out and it's
quite a bit zippier than 8.6 or 9.1. The finder is much, much faster.
I would recommend at least trying 9.2.2
Would 9.2.2 be feasable on a 5300? Anyone using it?
I'm thinking with a max RAM of 64MB that it would be difficult.
Of course its perfectly possible.
However in my opinion it would be absolutely terrible. Why would you want
to do this?
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Actually I'm running 9.2.2 on my 3400c 240mhz ram maxed out and it's
quite a bit zippier than 8.6 or 9.1. The finder is much, much
faster. I would recommend at least trying 9.2.2 if you can.
gs
I tried it twice on both a 3400/240 and a 200 with clean installs and
it was great EXCEPT that it
On 3/14/04 3:47 PM, macdaniel3400c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I guess that means I have to fork over some more cash to Billy then,
ah, crap!!!
Try asking on the OSX list if there is one or G-List
Now that I think about it I'm pretty sure a second company has announced
a PC emulator for
I never tried any of the cardbus cards with 7.6.1, and I'm pretty sure
they wont work.
If you're 3400c is like your main or only machine then maybe you should
stick with OS 9. however if you really want to make it seem fast and
you have other machines to use instead of the 3400c I very much
I have a 5300c, and have run 7.6.1, 8.1, and 8.6 on it. 7.6.1 can feel
quite slow, and I think that it's due to Apple's poor emulation of
non-power PC code. I purchased Connectix SpeedDoubler and it completely
changed the way 7.6.1 felt; it was MUCH faster in opening windows and
copying and
Actually I'm running 9.2.2 on my 3400c 240mhz ram maxed out and it's
quite a bit zippier than 8.6 or 9.1. The finder is much, much faster.
I would recommend at least trying 9.2.2 if you can.
gs
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I did try 9.2.2.. and yeah it was quite fast finder response was
excellent in 9.2.2, better than all of the other 9s.
It was very RAM hungry though, and crashed alot especially with PCMCIA
cards installed.
I made a whole page about it, and other fairly neat stuff I've done with
my 3400c
I went to your site, and WOW, what a machine!!
So do you know of anyo other windows emulator type stuff that is not
Microsoft, perhaps with osx compatability, as I havent got anything
between my powerbook 160 and my powerbook g4 12 DVI?
On Mar 14, 2004, at 16:17, macdaniel3400c wrote:
I did try
I went to your site, and WOW, what a machine!!
So do you know of anyo other windows emulator type stuff that is not
Microsoft, perhaps with osx compatability, as I havent got anything
between my powerbook 160 and my powerbook g4 12 DVI?
On Mar 14, 2004, at 16:17, macdaniel3400c wrote:
Something
I went to your site, and WOW, what a machine!!
Oh, and, thanks for the comment!
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I guess that means I have to fork over some more cash to Billy then,
ah, crap!!!
On Mar 14, 2004, at 16:38, macdaniel3400c wrote:
I went to your site, and WOW, what a machine!!
So do you know of anyo other windows emulator type stuff that is not
Microsoft, perhaps with osx compatability, as I
I guess that means I have to fork over some more cash to Billy then,
ah, crap!!!
Try asking on the OSX list if there is one or G-List
Now that I think about it I'm pretty sure a second company has announced
a PC emulator for Macs, that is G5 compatible, and isn't Microsoft,
fairly recently.
It is very fast. It feels great to have it running as fast as it was
when it was the fastest notebook computer the world has ever seen
I am actually surprised that 8.1 doesn't run faster than 7.6 on a 3400 with
maxed-out RAM. I have tried them both on a 5300 and 8.1 always seemed more
I don't think thats possible.
7.6.1 definetely boots faster than 8 (without a doubt).
Everything on 7.6.1 feels faster except the window redraws.
On Mar 13, 2004, at 11:17 AM, KG wrote:
I am actually surprised that 8.1 doesn't run faster than 7.6 on a 3400
with
maxed-out RAM. I have tried
I have a 5300c, and have run 7.6.1, 8.1, and 8.6 on it. 7.6.1 can feel quite slow, and I think that it's due to Apple's poor emulation of non-power PC code. I purchased Connectix SpeedDoubler and it completely changed the way 7.6.1 felt; it was MUCH faster in opening windows and copying and
So I got my 3400c running 7.6.1 now and it's super duper. Everything
is fast and its pretty stable.
Only one thing bugs me and that is that windows seem to redraw slowly
if I move a window from one location to another. Mac OS 8 didn't do
this - window redraws were immediate. But in 7.6.1 I
Why would 7.6.1 redraw slower than 8? Especially since everything else
runs much faster.
I would suspect that 7.6.1 just doesn't do QuickDraw acceleration as well as
8.1 would.
Running 7.6, I bet your 3400 feels as fast as a G4. I could never do it,
though; I like the features in OS 9 too
Running 7.6, I bet your 3400 feels as fast as a G4. I could never do it,
though; I like the features in OS 9 too much.
It is very fast. It feels great to have it running as fast as it was
when it was the fastest notebook computer the world has ever seen
OS9 running on the 3400c wasn't worth
formatted with a fat32 format,
which pc exchange has been able to deal with since ver
2.1 under mac os 8.1. Well, according to the
documentation, the device only works when it is
formatted as a fat32, and so it presumably came
formatted correctly because I was able to mount it and
open it at least once
Illivox Media writes,
SoundAppPPC
Hmmm, OK, I'll go to Google and look for this. Thank you. :-)
~Yersinia.
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Greetings, listers,
I'm wondering if any of you have or know where I can download a free MP3
player which will run on Mac OS 8.1. We tried Cabrio (supposedly for use
on OS 7x-9x) but several downloading attempts resulted in corrupted
copies when we tried to open them. The download process
What type of PowerBook do you have again? It'll make a difference in
what you want to use...
68k PowerBooks can run MpegDec, but shouldn't expect full real-time
44.1 kHz 128-bit playback.
Low end PowerPC PowerBooks (5300, unupgraded 1400s) might want to use
SoundApp PPC. It doesn't have the
You know, I kind of like this idea of blocking the pop ups by listing
them in
the hosts file. While Web Washer works it's slow because it's
creating a
proxy server. This hosts blocking method doesn't slow anything down.
Might
not catch everything but I can live with that.
Depends on your
on the banner ad and select copy link
to clipboard. Other times you actually need to view the HTML source.
PS: You can use this to block adult sites and other unwanted sites as well.
-tom
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Subject: Re: Popup blockers for Mac OS 9
on 10/14/03
Another note - if you want the altered hosts file to work in OS X,
there are some steps you have to do:
1. Open the hosts file in pico using the sudo command so you can get
root privileges for the purposes of saving. Normally etc/hosts cannot
be overwritten, but if you type sudo pico hosts
site? I recall coming across one last
month due to a typo that I must have had four pop-ups come up at once and then as you
would close one another would pop-up. I don't remember what the URL was though.
-tom
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Subject: Re: Popup blockers for Mac
on 10/10/03 4:44 AM, J Sand at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I use Netscape om 9.2.2 and it has a place in preferences to kill pop ups
John
anything fpr explorer?
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What's everyone's opinion of RamDoubler for use in memory-challenged PBs?
Later.Howard
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Howard R. Katz wrote:
What's everyone's opinion of RamDoubler for use in memory-challenged PBs?
OS = 7.6, it's probably a good idea, since it's a better VM than VM.
With 8 it's roughly a draw, and with 8.5+ it's useless, as Apple's VM is
much improved by then.
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We are fixing up the ol 5300 to lend to a friend this
fall who can't afford to purchase a book for herself
yet. The husband upgraded it to os 8.6, but it really
doesn't have enough ram to support 8.6, and I can't
find an affordable ram upgrade. I used to run 7.5.5
on it without a problem, so I
Han,
The 2400 won't boot of something as old as MacOS 7.5. The
everymac.com states the baseline OS version is 7.6.
Nor will the 7.5 Network disk boot a 5300. You need at least MacOS
7.5.2 to run a 5300.
How much RAM does it have now? If it has enough to boot 8.6 it should
have enough so you
In a message dated 8/23/03 9:59:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The everymac.com states the baseline OS version is 7.6.
Nor will the 7.5 Network disk boot a 5300. You need at least MacOS 7.5.2 to
run a 5300.
If possible, go for 7.6.1 on memory challenged 'books, and 8.1 with at
least 48
I made a network access disk for PBs 5300 by installing the Network
Software package onto a 7.6 System tools floppy. To ensure I would have
enough room, I used the minimal Finder and Chooser from the Network
Access Disk. BTW, this same procedure works to build a NAD for PBs
2400/3400 as well,
This is got me stumped. I have even switched hard drives. The last time I
tried to install and the PB did it again. This time I can't even mount the
hard drive. It is being resurrected as I type this by Norton Volume Recover.
DiskWarrier couldn't even see it. It mounted with SystemWorks.
: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem
All right, Jay here's one for you to ponder. I am trying to install OS X
10.2 on my WallStreet. The installation gets 2/3 of the way through and then
the screen either goes dark or becomes light with no other image or has
multicolored
on 6/29/03 9:49 AM, Jay Snyder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had 10.2.2 on a Lombard, and then when I try to upgrade it to 10.2.4, it had
problems booting.I think that 10.2.2 might be the best bet for older
Powerbooks.
J.
I can't even get 10.2 on it as it is now. I had 10.2.6 on it
Hi,
I recently acquired for $200 a PowerBook G3 Series (Rev. I) and I
decided to install Jaguar on it. 10.2.0 ran fine, but after I upgraded
it to 10.2.6 with the combo updater, I began having the following
problem: when I startup the Mac, the screen brightness is OK as long as
I can see the
battery is probably bad.
J
From: Jean-Philippe Pellet [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2003/06/28 Sat AM 05:32:54 EDT
To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem
Hi,
I recently acquired for $200 a PowerBook G3 Series (Rev. I) and I
Sat AM 05:32:54 EDT
To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem
Hi,
I recently acquired for $200 a PowerBook G3 Series (Rev. I) and I
decided to install Jaguar on it. 10.2.0 ran fine, but after I upgraded
it to 10.2.6 with the combo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem
Hi,
I recently acquired for $200 a PowerBook G3 Series (Rev. I) and I
decided to install Jaguar on it. 10.2.0 ran fine, but after I upgraded
it to 10.2.6 with the combo updater, I began having the following
is probably bad.
J
From: Jean-Philippe Pellet [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2003/06/28 Sat AM 05:32:54 EDT
To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem
Hi,
I recently acquired for $200 a PowerBook G3 Series (Rev. I) and I
decided
On 2003-03-11 06:03, Justin C Rouzzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
how can i install mac os 7.1.1 on a floppy or mabe get a boot disk for it?
(besides the disktools disk)
Buy it on eBay. Or even from Apple still?
,xtG
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install mac os 7.1.1 on a floppy or mabe get a boot disk for it?
(besides the disktools disk)
any help appriceated
thanks
justin rouzzo
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how can i install mac os 7.1.1 on a floppy or mabe get a boot disk for it?
(besides the disktools disk)
Try this link http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/
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how can i install mac os 7.1.1 on a floppy or mabe get a boot disk for it?
(besides the disktools disk)
any help appriceated
thanks
justin rouzzo
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Rob asked:
Did you make the floppy disks AFTER the images were mounted on the desktop?
I didn't think there was a way to make the images directly into disks.
Yes -- and I never tried to construct a whole system that way, just the
emergency boot disk floppies for 7.5x 8.5.
Best,
Victoria
On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 05:07AM, Joost van de Griek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2003-02-12 23:53, Fran Dollinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I haven't followed this thread entirely but if the question is about the
downloadable disk images on Apple's site...I too, have made a set of
Joost van de Griek wrote:
On 2003-02-13 15:38, Fabian Fang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 05:07AM, Joost van de Griek
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2003-02-12 23:53, Fran Dollinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I haven't followed this thread entirely but
On 2003-02-13 16:43, Fran Dollinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Joost van de Griek wrote:
I have looked there, and the only FULL INSTALLATION of System 7.5 version
7.5.3 still listed is the multipart installer download, the floppy version
is not listed there.
I just took a look also, the
Joost van de Griek wrote:
On 2003-02-13 17:26, Fran Dollinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Joost van de Griek wrote:
On 2003-02-13 16:43, Fran Dollinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just took a look also, the multipart (19parts) installer is what I used to
make my floppies.
Wow, I'm glad this confusion seems to be solved! I thought I'd been
having hallucinations! :-)
Rob
Technically, you didn't use the installer to make floppies; you used
floppies to transfer the installer image to a hard drive.
,xtG
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I've gotten it to work fine (tested on a 520c and Quadra 800). Don't get me
wrong, it's not easy but I'll do my best to describe how I did it. First I
downloaded the whole 19 files and then decompressed the whole deal (gives you
a folder which is your installer). Anyway, I then used it to
ahh... thanks anyway!
I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the set of
DiskCopy images available on the Apple site is not designed to make
individual floppy disks, but the images are instead designed to be
mounted
on the desktop and installed directly from there.
I haven't followed this thread entirely but if the question is about the
downloadable disk images on Apple's site...I too, have made a set of
floppies using them and have installed OS 7.5 on several machines this
way. Is the debate about whether or not this is possible? If so, it is,
even by a
Fran,
The downloads for System 7.5 were regular floppy images of an install set,
as you say.
I think it's System 7.5.3 which is only available as a set of images that
must be mounted on the desktop and installed from there.
Rob
I haven't followed this thread entirely but if the
not be an
uncommon scenario.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Dana
From: Joost van de Griek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PowerBooks)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:31:06 +0100
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PowerBooks)
Subject: Re: Mac OS
On 2003-02-12 02:25, Robert Patterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Rob,
I have a copy of that (7.5.3), as well. Made the same way as 7.5.
Fran
Robert Patterson wrote:
Fran,
The downloads for System 7.5 were regular floppy images of an install set,
as you say.
I think it's System 7.5.3 which is only available as a set of images that
must be mounted on the
Greetings,
A question on this; once downloaded and unstuffed (the 19 parts of OS
7.5.3), is it possible to take the unstuffed parts and burn a working
installer CD? I'm thinking that the issue of using a newer faster Mac to
download the System to use on an older (aka, slower) Mac would not be an
On 2003-02-11 01:34, Gary Sparkes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://macfaq.org/software/macos.shtml#Q1.1.6
i need a full 7.5.x install disk set :)
I don't see why that trick wouldn't work on other disk images than the ones
mentioned in the FAQ?
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the images are THE FULL INSTALL SET (DISKCOPY) images :) from apple ^.^
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From: Joost van de Griek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 5:07 AM
Subject: Re: Mac OS
On 2003-02-11 01:34, Gary Sparkes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Maybe if you made it clear EXACTLY what OS it is that you have...?
I've seen you write 7.5.? , but what does the ? signify? Is it a zero
or a 3?
So, I think I understand that you have DiskCopy images of some OS, and
that possibly you are trying to convert these to floppy disks on your PC?
Is
yes, i beleive it is 7.5.3,
So, I think I understand that you have DiskCopy images of some OS, and
that possibly you are trying to convert these to floppy disks on your PC?
yes to that
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On 2003-02-06 01:16, Gary Sparkes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
is there any way i can get 7.5.3 on binary disk images so as to write them to
floppy on a pc using a program like rawrite (commonly used to write *nux
bootdisks)? or is there a program to open diskcopy on windows?
is there a pc program that can read the disk copy images?
on our domestic maclist (macsweden) someone said that toasts
diskimages (from roxio) can be transferred to a pc read and if you
want then burnt, a toast discimage is very much alike a disk copy
img, and toast can mount
hrm? what should i do?
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From: k [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: Mac OS
is there a pc program that can read the disk copy images?
on our domestic maclist (macsweden) someone
hrm? what should i do?
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From: k [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: Mac OS
this was an option if you already had toast a program for burning cds
- you can save discimages in that one -
and if you
this was an option if you already had toast a program for burning cds
- you can save discimages in that one -
and if you have toast in both pc and mac they can read each others
images, and toast can mount disk copy images on the mac anyhow.
kenta
Not sure if Roxio EZ CD Creator for Windows can
its the 7.5.? diskcopy image i need to make floppies from it on a windowspc
this was an option if you already had toast a program for burning cds
- you can save discimages in that one -
and if you have toast in both pc and mac they can read each others
images, and toast can mount disk copy
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From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joe
Melinis
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 10:35 PM
To: PowerBooks
Subject: Re: Mac OS
From: Gary Sparkes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
is there a pc program that can read the disk copy images
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