Re: Installation of Mac OS 7.5 on macmini machine
Re: Installation of Mac OS 7.5 on macmini machine
- Subject: Re: Installation of Mac OS 7.5 on macmini machine
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:57:16 +0000
I have a moth-balled SE-30 and an old Mac Classic if you need an old machine.
If you do not mind the question: Why do you want/need to have a machine running so old an OS ?
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Michael Crawford" <email@hidden>
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 5:18 AM, Lennart Thelander
> <email@hidden> wrote:
> > To install System 7.5, you must have a Mac released before (or
> > simultaneously as ) System 7.5. You Mac Mini is much too new.
>
> I'm pretty sure the only PowerPC Macs that ran System 7.5 were the
> ones that still had NuBus slots, before Macs came with PCI.
>
> That would be machines like the 6100 and the 7100. I think those Macs
> had the PowerPC 601 CPU.
>
> I worked for Apple on the System for the first PCI Macs, the 7500,
> 8500 and 9500. Those Macs ran System 7.5.2; System 7.5 wouldn't have
> worked on them.
>
> It's still possible to buy such old Macs, and they aren't expensive -
> maybe $100 or so. Google is your friend.
>
> You can also run System 7.5 on 680x0 Macs like the Quadras.
>
> Mike
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