New IIfx and Mac OS

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New IIfx and Mac OS

I dont know yet what version of MacOS will be in the box of my IIfx, but what do you experts recommentd?

 

I already have 128mb of RAM to install

 

Thanks!

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6.0.8

It will be fastest with System 6.0.8.

System 7 brought many new features and a large fraction of Mac software requires it, but it is slower and more resource hungry. I believe the highest supported version is 7.6.1 but that version is even more bloated.

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I would want System 6.0.8, 7

I would want System 6.0.8, 7.1.1, and 7.5.5. You can put System folders for each on the same drive. It'll boot off the folder that's blessed. If you move the System file out of a blessed System folder, it will unbless, and the next valid System folder you open will be blessed. The blessed system folder shows a Macintosh icon on it. There's also a utilty for doing. I think it was called something like "Blesser".

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Tom Owad wrote:I would want
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I would want System 6.0.8, 7.1.1, and 7.5.5. You can put System folders for each on the same drive. It'll boot off the folder that's blessed. If you move the System file out of a blessed System folder, it will unbless, and the next valid System folder you open will be blessed. The blessed system folder shows a Macintosh icon on it. There's also a utilty for doing. I think it was called somethin

 

 

 

 

Thanks! Tom,

 

Now can you please explain why you chose those?

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Those are the last

Those are the last significant updates for each major OS version. System 6 feels very old to me, but is fun to try. System 7 has a great balance. System 7.5 has better network support (Open Transport), but is also starting to feel a bit heavy.

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OT > MacTCP

I agree with that. Open Transport was a major effort by Apple to make the Mac OS a first-class participant on the Internet. Before, you could only use Internet protocols with a control panel called MacTCP, which was rather clunky and not completely compatible with the standards. Most programs for Internet use after 1994 (when the WWW really started to grow) required OT.

I just wouldn't use a IIfx today to get on the Internet.

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Rather than the internet, you

Rather than the internet, you want eWorld.

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Tom Owad wrote:Rather than
Tom Owad wrote:

Rather than the internet, you want eWorld.

As soon as I have the NIC workig I will download!

 

Thanks Tom!

 

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eWorld
Tom Owad wrote:

Rather than the internet, you want eWorld.

Can eWorld be accessed with one of these newer WiFi to Serial modems?

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Mac SE/30 vs. Mac IIfx

Someone please refresh my memory:

Isn't my Mac SE/30 basically the electronics of the Mac IIfx inside of a Mac SE style box, but with only one SE/30 style expansion port inside?

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MichaelLAX wrote:Isn't my Mac
MichaelLAX wrote:

Isn't my Mac SE/30 basically the electronics of the Mac IIfx inside of a Mac SE style box, but with only one SE/30 style expansion port inside?

 

The SE/30 used the same architecture as the IIx.

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MichaelLAX wrote:Can eWorld
MichaelLAX wrote:

Can eWorld be accessed with one of these newer WiFi to Serial modems?

 

I haven't tried one of those, but eWorld supports Telnet, so you could probably connect that way.

You would need TCP support, for the GUI. Do they have that?

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Tom Owad wrote:I would want
Tom Owad wrote:

I would want System 6.0.8, 7.1.1, and 7.5.5. You can put System folders for each on the same drive. It'll boot off the folder that's blessed. If you move the System file out of a blessed System folder, it will unbless, and the next valid System folder you open will be blessed. The blessed system folder shows a Macintosh icon on it. There's also a utilty for doing. I think it was called somethin

I could not find and app for blessing the system folder but did find the next best thing:

 

 

http://mirror.informatimago.com/next/developer.apple.com/testing/docs/TNblessdebless.html

 

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