Thanks everyone, this is just what I was after.
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System 6 Heaven and see what they suggest.
Thanks Bunsen, this looks like a fantastic resource.
There were some great programs that never made the system 7 transition. Among word processors, fullwrite professional stands out. Trapeze was a great spreadsheet. There has never been another like it. MacSpin was an amazing visualization program that never was matched. Superpaint for graphics. Great desk accessories: the canvas v2 desk accessory, disktop, expressionist (equation editor) vantage text editor, number crunch.
Thanks basalgangster, I'll be looking into all of these.
1. Get the TrueType INIT and the TrueType fonts. If you plan on printing to any non-PostScript printer and want decent-looking output, you'll want this. Apple has these on their website.
Thanks Scott, I was going to go down the ATM, Type 1 fonts path, but this looks much more logical.
7. If you have 4MB RAM and no hard drive, consider using RAMDisk+. This shareware utility will create a RAM disk and can be used to load the entire System into memory, freeing your floppy drive and allowing you to be rid of the startup disk. Very useful if you have only one floppy drive, but also has some use if you just want to use a RAM Disk.
I have an external hard drive, so this probably won't be necessary.
8. Don't forget about MultiFinder! It's part of System 6 itself and adds multitasking to the standard System 6 environment.
How do I activate Multifinder? I can't remember! I see it on the disk, but I can't remember what to do to make it work!
4. Battle Chess and Shufflepuck Cafe are probably my favorite games for the Mac. Shufflepuck is an air hockey game while Battle Chess provides chess with animations whenever a piece is captured (they will actually engage in combat). Both are commercial games; Battle Chess shows up a lot more frequently than Shufflepuck does.
I remember these both very well, and still have these both on floppies. Shufflepuck Cafe was the first application I installed as soon as I got my Mac Plus! What a trip down memory lane!
Thanks again to everyone.
brayne
