... As an alternative, using Gamba's procedure for downsizing 7.5.3 seems to create something quite similar to 7.1, both in terms of functionality and footprint. The amount of labor involved is minimal, and it has the attribute of using only freely available bits.

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Well noted, tomlee59. Good for RAM-challenged Macs such as the Colour Classic and its immediate siblings, especially if ethernetworking is one of a user's aims.

Again a comfortably-sized System is a custom 7.1.3, but even that contains much that is indigestible for 68000 Macs such as the Classic and SE.

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