I thought of another version that should have never existed: System 7 Pro.
Basically, this was System 7.1 with some extras bundled with it. If I recall it cost a ton more money than 7.1.
Also, the buggy versions: 3.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.6, and 7.5.4. They all got pulled pretty quickly. I think 3.1 turned up on one of Apple's driver disks (I remember hearing about this years ago). Contrary to popular belief 6.0.6 is NOT on the ROM disk of a Classic; it runs System 6.0.3 (even though Apple claims 6.0.7 is the minimum for a Classic). What is included is the Brightness cdev from 6.0.6 (since 6.0.3 was released before this cdev was written). The icon is actually different in the 6.0.6 version, the sun icon is thinner than the big thick one on the 6.0.7/6.0.8 cdev. 6.0.6 is NOT in the folder of System 6 installs on the System 7 Group Install CD either--nor are 6.0 or 6.0.1 (two more buggy versions).
I also wish the original Mac OS 10.0 could be eliminated from memory. I actually bought the first release of 10.0 way back in 2001. Turns out the better part of the deal was getting 9.1 in the same box back when Apple bundled them together! 10.0 worked with TextEdit, Preview, and the other Apple apps. It wouldn't even recognize my volume keys on my iBook's keyboard. I even feel Jaguar was sort of unevolved and that Mac OS X wasn't good for productive work until at least Panther (which I've never owned) or Tiger--yet it is my belief that Leopard is really the first "polished" release of the OS--equivalent to System 6.0.x in the classic OS. (Trouble is, it took 6 years for OS X versus 4 for the classic OS to get to this point). Tiger, to me, is like System 4.2 but with a ton more double decimal point upgrades.
Just my two cents here.
Basically, this was System 7.1 with some extras bundled with it. If I recall it cost a ton more money than 7.1.
Also, the buggy versions: 3.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.6, and 7.5.4. They all got pulled pretty quickly. I think 3.1 turned up on one of Apple's driver disks (I remember hearing about this years ago). Contrary to popular belief 6.0.6 is NOT on the ROM disk of a Classic; it runs System 6.0.3 (even though Apple claims 6.0.7 is the minimum for a Classic). What is included is the Brightness cdev from 6.0.6 (since 6.0.3 was released before this cdev was written). The icon is actually different in the 6.0.6 version, the sun icon is thinner than the big thick one on the 6.0.7/6.0.8 cdev. 6.0.6 is NOT in the folder of System 6 installs on the System 7 Group Install CD either--nor are 6.0 or 6.0.1 (two more buggy versions).
I also wish the original Mac OS 10.0 could be eliminated from memory. I actually bought the first release of 10.0 way back in 2001. Turns out the better part of the deal was getting 9.1 in the same box back when Apple bundled them together! 10.0 worked with TextEdit, Preview, and the other Apple apps. It wouldn't even recognize my volume keys on my iBook's keyboard. I even feel Jaguar was sort of unevolved and that Mac OS X wasn't good for productive work until at least Panther (which I've never owned) or Tiger--yet it is my belief that Leopard is really the first "polished" release of the OS--equivalent to System 6.0.x in the classic OS. (Trouble is, it took 6 years for OS X versus 4 for the classic OS to get to this point). Tiger, to me, is like System 4.2 but with a ton more double decimal point upgrades.
Just my two cents here.