What disks did 7.1.1 Pro have?

#1 Wed, 4 Jun 2008 - 03:57 68kMLA

What disks did the retail version of 7.1.1 have? I need to know because I found a set, but it seems to be missing disks...

#2 Wed, 4 Jun 2008 - 18:26 68kMLA

Are you interested to discover what is different about 7.1.1 (7 Pro), or is it your hope that there will be something different in it? It cost USD150, was the same as 7.1 but with the addition of PowerTalk, AppleTalk and QuickTime, and it was aimed at business users.

PowerTalk was a grouse idea for a transparent networking connection to everything, everywhere. Trouble was that no-one else ever caught up with it. By the time of 7.5, PT was three 1.4MB floppies-full, which 68K machines didn't have spare RAM enough to handle. 7.1 is on the July '93 Developer CD. System 7 Pro is on the Jan. '94 Developer CD. There are three disk images for the System, two for PowerTalk, and one each for AppleScript Setup, BYI, Disk Tools, Fonts, Printing, QT and Tidbits, making 12 images (or disks) in all.

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#3 Wed, 4 Jun 2008 - 23:42 68kMLA

Turns out I am missing Disk Tools... Is the only floppy that is bootable?

#4 Wed, 4 Jun 2008 - 23:49 68kMLA

I'd expect Install 1 to be bootable. Is yours not so?

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#5 Wed, 4 Jun 2008 - 23:50 68kMLA

I would think it would be bootable, but don't you need Disk Tools to do a full install?

#6 Thu, 5 Jun 2008 - 00:39 68kMLA

Disk Tools is required for a "Full" install, but it really only contains, as it says "Disk Tools". You can have an otherwise fully functional installation without it, as long as you make sure to do a Custom Install and avoid installing disk tools.

#7 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 - 10:36 68kMLA

It's a matter of interpretation, or of terminology. Disk Tools (the floppy) contributes nothing to the installation process. However, as AF says, if you opt for a full (or easy) installation, at some point you will be asked to insert the diskette for the Installer to grab files from it. The installation process just might fall over if you don't deliver. And then it might just snivel that you haven't delivered up the right burnt offering and continue to the end. It's not hard to find out which, and you can always PM someone for a copy of the Disk Tools floppy image if you need it.

Then again, you could rummage around here and find all kinds of useful stuff.

de

#8 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 - 17:48 68kMLA

Are you interested to discover what is different about 7.1.1 (7 Pro), or is it your hope that there will be something different in it? It cost USD150, was the same as 7.1 but with the addition of PowerTalk, AppleTalk and QuickTime, and it was aimed at business users.

And that is all that you get. If you are missing the Disk Tools floppy for 7 Pro, just use the one from System 7.1 which is the same.