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z5t
8 MB  Posts: 10 
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on: December 02, 2009, 10:42
Hello again, Since yesterday I'm a happy user of Mac OS 7.6.1  I was thinking about creating a CD with essentials for my Powermac. Why? Because it seems to be the best way to transfer lots of goodies from this website to my Mac. My other computer runs Ubuntu and has no floppy, Powermac has no USB. The only common denominator is a sloooooow LAN, and to use FTP I have to get somehow Transmit from the internet to my Mac. And my Mac can access recordable CDs (but probably no rewritables). So, there are 700 MiB available and I have still two issues to solve: 1. If I record a regular iso9660 CD from the *.sit downloads stored on my Ubuntu, would my Mac be able to read it? Or is there a special tricky hierarchic no-pc-allowed mac CD format? (hint: there is no windows/dos involved in the net-to-cd process) 2. What are in your opinion must-have software I should get my hands on (freeware or ebayware)? I was thinking about: * FTP client (to get from Mac to Ubuntu) * VNC server (to get from Ubuntu to Mac) * Netscape (to get from Mac to Internet via LAN) Anything else advisable? Thanks in advance for your advice. z. |
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Lichen Software
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128 MB Posts: 252 
Reply #1 on: December 02, 2009, 12:28
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[quote="z5t" 2. What are in your opinion must-have software I should get my hands on (freeware or ebayware)? I was thinking about: * FTP client (to get from Mac to Ubuntu) * VNC server (to get from Ubuntu to Mac) * Netscape (to get from Mac to Internet via LAN) Anything else advisable? Thanks in advance for your advice. z.[/quote] Skip straight to #2. First is get up on the net. Pick up Netscape Communicator here: http://main.system7today.com/softwareindex/internet.html Then come back and apply all of the optimizations for 7.6.1 here: http://main.system7today.com/updates.html Then update your copy of Netscape with a user.js file. The thread where I was playing with this is here: http://forums.system7today.com/viewtopic.php?t=1538 Then go back and load up with applications from the same page as you retrieved netscape. Ebayware: Clarisworks 5 Compact all in one word processor, spread sheet, draw and paint That should get you started :-)
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z5t
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8 MB Posts: 10
Reply #2 on: December 02, 2009, 16:00
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Hello again, Answer to #1 Mac OS 7.6 uses HFS filesystem (for CDs too). "The Linux utility mkisofs (from the cdrtools package) has options to create HFS CDs. The easiest way to master your CD begins with putting all the files into a directory. The command "mkisofs -hfs -magic -o mac_cd.iso directory" will create an HFS CD image in mac_cd.iso. Then you can burn the .iso file in the standard way. Read "man mkisofs" for more information on the many advanced options." http://lowendmac.com/sable/07/0315.html I'm I the only linux user here?  z.
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mac2geezer
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64 MB Posts: 68
Reply #3 on: December 02, 2009, 18:29
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Don't overlook Classilla for a network browser. I'm impressed with it so far.
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z5t
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8 MB Posts: 10
Reply #4 on: December 02, 2009, 18:37
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...is there a version of Classilla for 7.6.1 ? I've read that Classilla runs on MacOS 9 only and with some issues on MacOS 8.6. That would be great if I could use Classilla on my MacOS 7.6.1. z.
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mac2geezer
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64 MB Posts: 68
Reply #5 on: December 02, 2009, 19:03
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Sorry, my bad. It only runs on 8.6 or 9; I wasn't thinking when posting the previous msg.
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cballero
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1024 MB Posts: 1176 System 7, today and forever
Reply #6 on: May 26, 2010, 02:03
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lol ... maybe a team of os7 coders should get to work on a classilla port for 7.6!  )
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