Jan 07, 2011 A jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch (here’s our jailbreak downloads and info) Mac Plus ROM image (you can get those here) Disk images for older Mac software you want to run (various places on the web) Now that you have those requirements met, on your jailbroken iPhone or iPod.
Some resources for older Macs and Mac OS versions can be hard to find. Here are some useful software links for the Mac OS.
Early Mac System Software
Links for downloading System 6.0.x, 7.0.x, and 7.5.3 from Apple, plus links to sites with older versions of the Mac OS.
Classic Mac OS Advice
- What’s the Best System Version?, Dan Knight, Mac Daniel, 1998.12.28
- Why System 7.5.5?, Scott L. Barber, Online Tech Journal, 1998.09.22
- Born Again Allows Installing OS 8 on Most 68030 Macs, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal, 2000.08.23. Yes, you can run Mac OS 8.1 on some 68030-based Macs.
Our Favorite Mac Software
- Classilla, a Mozilla-based browser for Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2.
- Information on and links to some of our favorite programs.
Select Mac Software Downloads
Links to select freeware and shareware programs we’ve been authorized to post for download.
Applications Compatible with 68000-based Macs
Information on programs that run on the Mac 128, 512, Plus, SE, Classic, Portable, and PowerBook 100. May require a specific version of the System and more memory than the computer originally shipped with.
Other Software Links
- Mac.org (shareware)
Deals on Mac OS
- Classic Mac OS Deals. Best online prices for System 6, 7.1, 7.5.x, Mac OS 7.6, 8.0, 8.1, 8.5, 9.0, 9.2.2, and other versions.
- Mac OS X 10.0 to 10.3 deals. Best online prices for Mac OS X 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3.
- Newer versions of OS X are only available through the Mac App Store
Short link: http://goo.gl/e28T8Z
Apple Mac Software Downloads
searchword: softwarelinks
Original format
Vintage Mac Software
Info-Mac consisted of two distinct services: the Info-Mac Archive, a user-submitted collection of nearly all contemporary freeware and shareware available for the Macintosh, and the Info-Mac Digest, an electronic mailing list open to public participation.[3] Both the Info-Mac Archive and Info-Mac Digest were operated by volunteers.[4]
Info-Mac Digest
The Info-Mac Digest was published daily via Stanford University servers, and was itself archived on the Info-Mac Archive.[5] At its height, the Info-Mac Digest was read daily by several thousand people, and was mirrored in the Usenet group comp.sys.mac.digest.
The Info-Mac Digest was published in 'volumes' that covered the period of one calendar year, with some exceptions.
Info-Mac Archive
The Info-Mac Archive was the centralized collection of Macintosh software with over 100 mirror sites located around the world. At the time, disk space on a server was cost-prohibitive and hard to come by.[6] Free public archives such as Info-Mac were often the only means for shareware authors to deliver their product over the Internet. Some early commercial software download sites, like CNET's Shareware.com, were originally mirrors of the Info-Mac Archive.[7]
Due to the low-bandwidth connections accessible by early Internet users, which made downloading large files an onerous task, Info-Mac partnered with Pacific HiTech to periodically publish CD-ROMs containing selected shareware and freeware from the archive. These CDs were sold through Mac-related magazines and publications.[8] Licensing issues required software authors to specifically allow their contributions to be included on the CD-ROM through a statement in the file's abstract. The CDs allowed wider distribution to users who did not have network access or could not spare the long download times associated with software applications. As the software was encoded in BinHex or MacBinary format it could be stored on non-Mac file systems such as a BBS or FTP server. Starting with the Info-Mac VI CD-ROM, the discs included the utility 'Spelunker' which allowed users to search the archive in a user-friendly manner. Starting with the Info-Mac VIII CD-ROM, the package included two discs to offer twice the shareware and freeware.