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Old 18th January 2009, 11:17 PM
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Hi Folks,

I am presently resurrecting a Classic II which is currently zombie-like (checkerboard pattern on screen) due to the well known leaky capacitors, I'm cleaning the board and replacing the caps. BUT, I've never been able to find Mac OS 7.6 and would love this as 7.6.1 is the latest supported OS for these.

Any pointers? Have searched without much luck.

Located in adelaide BTW.
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Old 18th January 2009, 11:36 PM
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I know you can download the different image thingies for System 7 and all the old OSs from Apple, but I don't know how you'd put in on your Classic...

Edit: You can download System 7 here (7.5.3) and Updates to 7.6.1 here
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oooo!! A classic! I hope you fix it, and keep it for many years to come.. Then in 20 year sell it on Ebay for $30,000... I'm almost certain somebody of my generation would buy it..
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Originally Posted by encryptionmatrix;730018Edit: You can download System 7 [URL="http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3/"
here[/URL] (7.5.3) and Updates to 7.6.1 here
For the 7.6.1 update you'll need 7.6 already installed, so you'll need disks for it

7.5.3 is available in full and then the update to 7.5.5 can be applied to that though!
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surely a lot of people have System 7.6
If not I can dig it out of a box somewhere.
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sorry can't help as I have only 8 in a box ...
my ex got my performa with sys 7 disks etc.
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Performa disks may or may not work on a Classic.
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Thanks for the help folks. I might check out that eBay listing. And yes, 7.6.1 update is free download from Apple, 7.6 itself isn't, unlike 7.5.x which is why I've never used 7.6 before.
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if you can wait for a bit I should have a copy on my service source disks at home
wont know till I get home tonight if that any help
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Hi, I have original still wrapped 7.6.1 on CD
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7.6 is not going to run very well on a Classic II, you know? Still, if you really want to run it then it's a good OS.
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Don't know what the situation is for needing 7.6.1

but just noticed this listed a few hours ago

MAC OS 7.6.1 CD (new) - eBay, Software, Apple, Computers. (end time 03-Feb-09 22:07:56 AEDST)

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You need at least 16MB of RAM for 7.6, otherwise you will need to turn on virtual memory - on a Classic II with max 10MB, that's not nice

Go for 7.1

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