mac classic

#1 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 - 20:59

someone gave me a mac classic today for free

wheeee ;D

#2 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 - 22:25

Cool. Compacts are fun as long as you don't get too ambitious about which operating system to run on it. You can go as high as 7.5.5 but any version of System 7 is so heavy it degrades performance too much on an 8mhz 68000 machine for the extra features to be worth it. System 6 runs very well on these, though.

#3 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 - 23:43

A 68000 Mac with 4MB (max.) of RAM will be best served by plain vanilla System 6.0.8, leaving plenty of RAM space for applications, by System 7.1 if you are ambitious, or, if you wish to live dangerously, by a tarted-up 7.1.3 if also you have max. RAM.

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#4 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 - 03:12

it will be best served by my dark castle floppies

#5 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 - 03:16

To me, putting 7.x on any machine that'll run 6.x is utter blasphemy. Old Macs are cheap. If you need to run System 7 for some unthinkable, completely unholy reason, buy a Quadra.

#6 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 - 03:42

I love my classic II's!

#7 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 - 04:47

To me, putting 7.x on any machine that'll run 6.x is utter blasphemy. Old Macs are cheap. If you need to run System 7 for some unthinkable, completely unholy reason, buy a Quadra.

Blasphemy or no, if you want to run a browser (however rarely), system 7 is a must. I enjoy downloading classic apps on a classic mac, and so one of my Pluses runs 7.0* to support MacLynx and MacWeb. It is a joy to watch those bits fly into the Mac (and with the low data rates the Plus can muster, you can almost count them out loud).

#8 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 - 04:49

I run 7.1 on IIci's and IIfx's, don't see anything wrong with that.

6.0.8 is great for anything 68030/16 and slower.

#9 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 - 05:35

You guys are taking the fun out of this by taking me too seriously.

I'm a pre-System 7 zealot. If you guys want to run a browser, that's fine. Do it on your Quadra, or even your LC III. Run it on a MacTV if you insist on having a horrible experience. But leave the System 6 capable machines alone. Yes a IIfx will run 7.1 well, but it doesn't change the fact that every processor cycle that IIfx runs 7.1 code, it's crying on the inside. In fact, God kills a kitten, a puppy, AND a Nun every time you boot a IIfx into 7.x. I speak the truth.

#10 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 - 05:43

To me, putting 7.x on any machine that'll run 6.x is utter blasphemy. Old Macs are cheap. If you need to run System 7 for some unthinkable, completely unholy reason, buy a Quadra.

some of us dispise system 6

an di happily installed system 7.1 (finally) on my classic

i wasnt sorry for one bit to see 6 go

#11 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 - 06:58

I have never run System 6.

I do have a Classic SE with dual floppies and 4 meg of RAM.

Could I stick a HD in this sucker?

#12 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 - 17:20

Sure you can! Of course, the better option would be to sell it to me, as I'm looking for a dual floppied SE!

#13 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 - 17:43

Heh I'm going up to Milwaukee this weekend for a sound job I could snatch and send to you bigD