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From: Matti Haveri, mhaveri@walli.walli.uwasa.fi
Some apps and extensions that still work on 68000 Macs like Plus, SE, Portable, Classic, and PowerBook 100. In parentheses notes and RAM requirements. (Compatibility tested mainly on 4 MB PB100 or Plus; System 7.0.1*). Note that also newer versions might work.
System 7.0.1* leaves 3131K free memory on a 4 MB PB100; additional MacTCP 2.0.6 and MacPPP 2.0.1 leave 3015K free memory. (With extensions off, System 7.5.5 takes about 1,200K, leaving roughly 2,800K free.)
- Anarchie 1.6.0 (ftp-client; v2.0.1 crashes)
- AOL 2.6
- AppDisk 1.5 (RAM-disk)
- ApplWindows 2.0.2 (hierarchical app-menu)
- AutoDoubler 1.0
- Basic Black 1.4.1 (minimal screensaver)
- BBEdit 3.5.1 (a great text editor)
- BeHierarchic 1.0.5 (hierarchical apple-menu)
- Black Night 1.0.5 (terminal emulator)
- Canvas 3.5
- ClarisDraw 1.0v3
- ClarisWorks 3.0
- Compact Pro 1.51 (*.cpt and *.hqx coder)
- Disinfectant 3.6 (anti-virus utility)
- Disk Copy 4.2 (handles *.image files)
- DropStuff w/EE 4.0 (a must-have addition to StuffIt Expander)
- Dynodex 3.5
- Easy View 2.62 (setext- and digest-browser)
- EndNote Plus 1.2.1 (bibliography manager)
- Eudora 1.5.5 (email-client)
- Excel 4.0 (RAM 2048)
- Extensions Manager 2.0
- FaxSTF 2.6.1 (fax-utility)
- Fetch 3.0.1 (ftp-client)
- File Buddy 3.4.8 (handles file-types etc)
- FileMaker Pro 3
- FirstClass Client 2.5
- Flash-It 3.0.2 (screen captures)
- FreeHand 2.02
- GIFConverter 2.4.3 (opens GIFs, JPGs, TIFs, PICs; RAM 1500), Plus or later
- GIFwatcher DA 2.1.2 (opens GIFs)
- GrafEq 2.04 (1.15 is less resource demanding), Pedagoguery Software, even works under System 6
- HyperCard 2.0v2
- Illustrator 1.9.5
- InterSLIP 1.0.1
- Ircle 1.5.6 (irc-client)
- Kermit 0.99(188) (terminal emulator)
- MacDraw II 1.1v2
- MacinTalk 1.31 (this is obsolete; v2 also works)
- MacinTalk 2 (from the PlainTalk/Text-to-Speech 1.4.1 package)
- MacKnowledge (BBS; RAM 1060)
- MacLink Plus 7.5MacMinix 1.5.10.7 (UNIX-like system that runs as an app under MacOS)
- MacPPP 2.0.1
- MacSOUP (68000) 2.2b7 (off-line news-client)
- MacTCP 2.0.6
- MacTCP Watcher 1.1.0 (ping crashes 2.0)
- MacWeb 1.00A3.2 (www-client; v1.1.1 E crashes when saving prefs)
- MacWeb 2.0 (more features than in v1.00A3.2 but also slower and buggier)
- MacWrite II 1.1v1
- MacWrite Pro 1.0v4
- MaxFax 3.3.2
- MenuChoice 2.0 (hierarchical apple-menu)
- NCSA Mosaic 1.0.3 (www-client)
- NCSA Telnet 2.6 (telnet-client)
- NewsWatcher 2.1.1 (news-client)
- Norton Utilities 3.2
- PageMaker 4.0
- Persuasion 2.0
- Photoshop 1.0 (RAM 2048)
- PowerPoint 2.01
- Quark Xpress 3.32 (min RAM 2000, runs on as low as 900)
- ResEdit 2.1.3
- SCSIProbe 4.3
- ShrinkWrap 2.1 (mounts .image files etc; doesn't create them on a Plus)
- StickyClick 1.2 (sticky mousedown Ý la Windows)
- Strip fat 1.0a1 (unfattens apps by removing PPC or 68K code)
- StuffIt Deluxe 4.0
- StuffIt Expander 4.0.1 (a must-have decoder)
- StuffIt Lite 3.0.7 (crashes occasionally)
- Tex-Edit Plus 1.8.5 (text editor)
- TrueType 1.0 (TrueType INIT for Systems (6.0.5-6.0.8)
- UULite 2.0 UR (uucoder)
- Virex 5.0b (virus utility)
- Word 5.1 (RAM 2048)
- WriteNow 3.0
- YA-Base64 1.2.0 (base64 decoder; v1.2.9 crashes)
- YA-NewsWatcher 2.0.3b0 (news-client; v2.3.4 crashes)
- ZTerm 1.0.1 (terminal emulator)
- ZipIt 1.1.1 (v1.3.5 crashes PB100 with type 2 error, v1.3.8 current)
- uuUndo 1.0b5 (uudecoder)
- Xlator 1.1 (converts eols and charsets)
68000 macs are supported up to System 7.5.5. The last freely
distributed System 7.0* (DD floppies) and 7.0.1*. Remember to also
get the 7.0.x tune-up
<ftp://ftp.info.apple.com//Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Software.Updates>
/US/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_7.0.x/
<ftp://ftp.apple.com//dts/mac/sys.soft/>
Systems 6.0.3-6.0.8:
<ftp://ftp.info.apple.com//Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Software.Updates>
/US/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_6.0.x/
TrueType INIT and Font/DA Mover for Systems 6.0.5-6.0.8:
<ftp://ftp.info.apple.com//Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Software.Updates/US/Macintosh/System/TrueType/TrueType_1.0.sea.hqx>
<ftp://ftp.info.apple.com//Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Software.Updates/US/Macintosh/System/TrueType/Font_DA_Mover_4.1.hqx>
Systems 5.0-7.0.1* (7.0* on DD floppies) and some localized 7.0.1* systems:
<ftp://ftp.apple.com//dts/mac/sys.soft/>
<ftp://ftp.apple.com//dts/mac/sys.soft.intl/>
<ftp://ftp.apple.com//devworld/System_Software/System_Software_Archive/>
System files are often stored as *.image files which can be opened and transferred to floppies with DiskCopy or ShrinkWrap:
<ftp://ftp.info.apple.com//Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Software.Updates>
/US/Macintosh/Utilities/Disk_Copy_4.2.sea.hqx
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/disk/shrink-wrap-21.hqx>
minimum requirements for the net
MacPlus, (2.5-)4 MB RAM, 20 MB harddisk, (2400-)14400 modem, System 7.0* and MacTCP 2.0.6 are the practical minimum requirements for PPP connections. Only MacPPP 2.0.1 and InterSLIP 1.0.1 currently work on 68000 macs (SimplePPP, Sonic PPP, InterPPP, MacSLIP or FCRppp might work but I haven't tried them).
MacTCP is included in System 7.5. Apple dealers sell it but a cheaper and better way is to buy "The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh" (Adam Engst, Hayden Books) book where MacTCP, among other utilities, is included. MacTCP 2.0.x to 2.0.6 updaters:
<ftp://ftp.info.apple.com//Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Software.Updates/US>
/Macintosh/Networking-Communications/Other_N-C/MacTCP_2.0.6_Update.sea.hqx
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/comm/inet/conn/mactcp-206-updt.hqx>
MacPPP 2.0.1:
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/comm/inet/conn/mac-ppp-201.hqx>
InterSLIP 1.0.1:
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/comm/inet/conn/inter-slip-installer-101.hqx>
On 68000 macs telnet-, ftp-, mail-, and news-apps like NCSA Telnet, Fetch, Anarchie 1.6.0, Eudora, and NewsWatcher work fine. With MacPlus you can't use control-keys in NCSA Telnet (in ZTerm you can use command instead of control).
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/comm/inet/ncsa-telnet-27b4.hqx>
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/comm/inet/fetch-301.hqx>
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/comm/inet/mail/edr/eudora-light-155.hqx>
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/comm/inet/newswatcher-212.hqx>
On 68000 macs NCSA Mosaic 1.0.3, MacWeb 1.00A3.2 and v2.0 work. MacWeb 1.00A3.2 works better than v1.1.1 E which crashes when saving prefs. MacWeb 2.0 has more features than v1.00A3.2 but it is also slower and buggier. NCSA Mosaic 1.0.3 can display in-line graphics but with MacWeb you must use an external helper (click and hold on an image icon, choose "Retrieve to Disk" from the popup menu and view with GIFConverter or GIFwatcher DA).
Q: How can I get MacWeb 1.00A3.2 to automatically show GIFs on a 4 MB 68000 Mac?
A: Usually MacWeb tries to open GIFs internally; on 68000 macs this is not possible and an external viewer like GIFConverter is needed. However, GIFConverter doesn't really fit into the max 900K RAM that MacWeb leaves. There is an old DA "GIFwatcher DA" that can be transformed into an automatically launched app via "DA Piggyback 1.2" which takes less memory than GIFConverter. Then change in MacWeb's prefs' Edit/Suffixes "gif" to MIME type "image/pict" and Edit/Helpers MIME type's "image/pict" helper to GIFWatcher. Turn File/Preferences/Format/Autoload images off; you must view each GIF separately with no clickable links.
<ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu//Mac/Mosaic/NCSAMosaic103.hqx>
<ftp://ftp.utexas.edu/pub/mac/tcpip/macweb-10a32-fat.hqx>
ResEdit instructions for proxy support in MacWeb 1.00A3.2:
<http://www.cs.utas.edu.au/Documentation/Mac/MacWeb1.00A3.2Proxy.html>
<http://www.jagshouse.com/MacWeb2.sit.hqx>
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/gst/grf/gif-converter-237.hqx>
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/gst/grf/gif-watcher-212.hqx>
With only 1 MB RAM, floppy drive(s) and System 6 you can connect via a terminal emulator like ZTerm and use unix apps like pine, tin, ftp, ncftp, sz, rz, and lynx for mail, news, file transfer and www. With ZTerm you can use command-key instead of control when using MacPlus. To save disk space on those 800K floppies install the minimum System 6.0.x that ZTerm requires. You can trash all files except System and Finder, delete unnecessary fonts and DAs from the System file with Font/DA Mover and delete PPC code from ZTerm with Strip Fat to save even more disk space.
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/comm/term/zterm-10b3.hqx>
If you really want to use System 6 and connect via PPP I've heard that following software versions might work: System 6.0.5-6.0.8, MacTCP 2.0.6, MacPPP 2.0.1, NCSA Telnet 2.6, Fetch 3.0.1, Eudora 1.3.1, NewsWatcher 2.0d13m01, Internews 1.1, MacTCP Watcher 1.1.0, Valuefax 2.0.9 (older versions of these apps may use less memory).
<ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com//quest/mac/eudora/1.3/eudora131.hqx>
<
ftp://ftp.brown.edu/pub/mac/NewsWatcher/NewsWatcher_2.0d13m01.sea.hqx>
If you need to save disk space unfatten the apps with Strip Fat, for example:
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/cfg/strip-fat.hqx>
Use a local info-mac mirror, if possible:
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/help/mirror-list.shtml>
<ftp://mirrors.aol.com//pub/info-mac/help/mirror-list.shtml>
Old mac games and info about compact macs at:
<http://www.jagshouse.com/GetYourCompactMacOnTheWeb.html>
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