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Where did everyone find their copy of 7.6.1?

68kMLA Software 23 posts Jan 8, 2011 to Feb 20, 2011

#1 Sat, 8 Jan 2011 - 04:28 68kMLA

It's the only version of Mac OS that I don't have around, and yet everyone else seems to have it. Is there some spot on the internet I missed? Or perhaps an eBay store?

#2 Sat, 8 Jan 2011 - 08:32 68kMLA

http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Mac_OS_7.6.1_Update/

#3 Sat, 8 Jan 2011 - 10:36 68kMLA

I think he's after a full installer...these days, eBay or the Trading Post (or perhaps if you're lucky, Freecycle or Craigslist if you have one in your area) might be the way to go.

As for me - I got my copy back in 1997 with my new PowerBook 1400.

#4 Sat, 8 Jan 2011 - 12:07 68kMLA

I got mine with my Spartacus

#5 Sat, 8 Jan 2011 - 17:00 68kMLA

I got mine in a box of free crap I got with my IIfx

#6 Sat, 8 Jan 2011 - 19:05 68kMLA

Think I got mine from a 7500 I purchased from ebay that was pickup only (and quite a few original OS CDs along with it). Worth the 25 minute drive one way thats for sure.

#7 Sat, 8 Jan 2011 - 20:18 68kMLA

7.6.1 on CD

- first installed 7.6

- (for systems that not supports 7.6) immediately followed by the install of 7.6.1

- on a 20th anniversary macintosh, install extra's

(mac os 7.6.1 CD of the 20th anniversary macintosh)

7.6.1 as update

PowerBook 3400 computers :

There are two versions of the Mac OS 7.6.1 Update:

- one for the PowerBook 3400

- one for all other computers supported by Mac OS 7.6.

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#8 Sat, 8 Jan 2011 - 21:20 68kMLA

I prefer retail CDs but have a few OEM as well.

#9 Sun, 9 Jan 2011 - 03:27 68kMLA

Found mine in a Quadra 800's CD-ROM tray that I bought from a booth at the Raleigh Flea Market Mall that was once property of SAS.

#10 Sun, 9 Jan 2011 - 05:23 68kMLA

I got mine from eBay. It's the CD version.

#11 Sun, 9 Jan 2011 - 08:52 68kMLA

eBay, CD.

#12 Sun, 9 Jan 2011 - 16:44 68kMLA

CD from a nice guy over at system7today.com's forum.

Update to 7.6.1 from Apple's site IIRC.

#13 Sun, 9 Jan 2011 - 16:59 68kMLA

I still haven't found one.

#14 Sun, 9 Jan 2011 - 18:18 68kMLA

If anyone wants one, I have a spare CD of 7.6, and the 7.6.1 update is available as a free download from system7today or Apple. PM if interested.

#15 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 - 06:28 68kMLA

It turns out i DO have 7.6! I was rummaging through the hard drive of my 1400c and found the install floppy images for it.

#16 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 - 17:39 68kMLA

I think I got 7.6 on a Power Computing CD and 7.6.1 on another Power Computing CD for a later model.

#17 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 - 18:02 68kMLA

I got mine back in 1997, both with a machine new, and as a separate CD.

#18 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 - 01:26 68kMLA

On ebay, shrink-wrapped. I bought 2 copies to be safe.

#19 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 - 05:36 68kMLA

I found 7.6.1 on my SuperMac System Software CD that was packaged with my C500. Incredibly, years later I used it to install 7.6.1 on my PowerBook520c!

#20 Sat, 22 Jan 2011 - 22:00 68kMLA

Macdomains FTP and burnt it myself

#21 Sun, 23 Jan 2011 - 10:19 68kMLA

Found mine in a Quadra 800's CD-ROM tray that I bought from a booth at the Raleigh Flea Market Mall that was once property of SAS.

Man, I haven't been there in a while. What's it like nowadays? I think the last time I went was in 2006.

#22 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 - 03:45 68kMLA

I got mine not as media but as a file describing a very large number, and it was labeled "Mac OS 7.6.1.iso"

Installs fine on my LC475 and in Basilisk II.

#23 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 - 16:42 68kMLA

I got mine not as media but as a file describing a very large number, and it was labeled "Mac OS 7.6.1.iso"

How did you burn this .iso classic boot disk? can it be burned in X.4 or 5 disk utility and work fine?