How did Apple distribute 6.0.8L?

#1 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 - 16:06

I have a number of old developer CDs with system software images on them, but while they have 6.0.8, none have 6.0.8L. Was it shipped on floppy or some kind of download?

#2 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 - 01:40

I read it was shipped outside the US on configs that had only 1MB of RAM.

#3 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 - 16:56

http://support.apple.com/kb/TA28558?viewlocale=en_US

System 6.0.8L was a limited maintenance release of system software for markets in Apple Pacific. It was engineered to address some special needs for those markets that did not have access to System 7 at the time.

They made 6.0.8L primarily for the Macintosh Classic II and Macintosh PowerBook 100. I remember reading that it was because System 6 had a 8MB limitation, so they made 6.0.8L so it could address the Classic II's ability to hold 10MB. (Probably more reasons than just that.)