Mac OS vintage (was: Re: Sun E450 server officially vintage)

Cameron Kaiser spectre at floodgap.com
Wed Jan 3 20:01:36 CST 2007


> My first Mac was a PowerBook 520c, it shipped with 7.1 installed, and images
> of 7.5.x on the HD.  With only 4MB RAM base, you didn't want to run 7.5,
> with 20MB RAM, it ran OK.  IIRC, my PowerMac 8500/180 that I got a year
> later shipped with some version of 7.5 as well.
> 
> Additionally, I can't even imagine running these OS's with that little RAM.

Actually, 7.1 will run fine in 2MB -- I ran a Plus that way.

4MB is better (my IIsi).

24MB is very, very nice ;) (my playbox IIci).

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