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Jocelyn Lavin <jocelyn@wardle.NOSPAM.demon.PLEEEASE!.co.uk> wrote:

> Anyone know where I can get a copy of System 7.5 from? I've recently bought
> lots of extra RAM, so I now have enough memory to run a later system than
> 7.1 - I also want to run a later Netscape than 2.02, as it crashes almost
> every time it encounters JavaScript. But Netscape 4.05 requires System 7.5,
> and I can't find it anywhere. I can find any number of places willing to
> sell me system 8, but I only have a 68030 processor, so that's out. And I
> can also find millions of system updates for those who *already* have 7.5.
> But 7.5 itself is conspicuous by its absence.

I can't help in your search for 7.5, but have you considered 7.6?
Assuming you've not got a SE/30, IIx, or IIcx, 7.6 is almost certainly
a better idea.  You'll possibly find it easier to track down 7.6 than
7.5.anything.  Have you tried asking in uk.comp.sys.mac?

A straight 68k install of 7.6 took about 40MB disc space on my Performa
475, and all the reports I've read from people who have compared 7.6 to
7.5.anything on a 68030 Mac say that 7.6 is *much* better (faster and
more reliable).

The only fly in the ointment is an interesting problem that cropped up
in PC Exchange; you should get hold of a copy of PC Exchange from System
7.5.5 to use with 7.6 to avoid this problem (it's more of a bug in the
PCs that formatted the MS-DOS discs that PC Exchange can't handle, but
since everything in the world can handle these discs except System 7.6's
PC Exchange, it's probably best to call it a bug in PC Exchange).  I can
email you a copy of this if you get 7.6 (I went from 7.1 to 7.6 after
fitting my 475 with 20MB RAM and it's *wonderful*.  I can recommend RAM
Doubler rather than standard VM, by the way).

Rowland.

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