13 Apr
2003
13 Apr
'03
7:35 a.m.
Does anyone remember what the last update to System 7.5.x was? I'm in the process of
getting my old PowerBook 540c (purchased used a few years ago to replace the 520c I wore
out) setup to use as a 'typewriter', and noticed that I've got it running
System 7.5.3.
Zane
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13 Apr
13 Apr
7:42 a.m.
On Sun, 13 Apr 2003, Zane H. Healy wrote:
Does anyone remember what the last update to System
7.5.x was? I'm in
the process of getting my old PowerBook 540c (purchased used a few years
ago to replace the 520c I wore out) setup to use as a 'typewriter', and
noticed that I've got it running System 7.5.3.
7.5.5, it's available from apple's support web site. There's also System
7.6.1 IIRC...
Pat
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7:59 a.m.
On Sun, 13 Apr 2003, Zane H. Healy wrote:
Thanks, I'll have a look and see what I can find on their site. I think 7.5.3 must be
the version that the Blackbirds shipped with. I remember my 520c had 7.1.x installed when
I bought it new, but had a 7.5.x image on the Hard Drive so that you could install it.
You don't really want to run 7.5.x on a 4MB Mac, so the first thing I did was buy a
16MB RAM expansion (for, <gulp> about $600).
Zane
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| | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. |
| http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |
Does anyone remember what the last update to
System 7.5.x was? I'm in
the process of getting my old PowerBook 540c (purchased used a few years
ago to replace the 520c I wore out) setup to use as a 'typewriter', and
noticed that I've got it running System 7.5.3.
7.5.5, it's available from apple's support web site. There's also System
7.6.1 IIRC... 
3:54 p.m.
New subject: Mac Classic
Have a mac classic that I gave to one of the local kids a few months back. Apparently a
visiting friend was fiddling with it and
has somehow gotten it into magnify mode. IIRC, it's system 7.something. Can't
figure out how to turn it off. It's on maximum
magnfiy apparently, can only see a very tiny part of anything, even a single word takes
more than the entire screen which makes it
real hard to use the GUI.
Is there a keyboard shortcut that will turn the $%^& thing off??
Cheers
Geoff in OZ
4:30 p.m.
New subject: Mac Classic
Reboot while holding down shift to turn off extensions.
Rob
On Sunday, April 13, 2003, at 08:50 PM, Geoff Roberts wrote:
Have a mac classic that I gave to one of the local
kids a few months
back. Apparently a visiting friend was fiddling with it and
has somehow gotten it into magnify mode. IIRC, it's system
7.something. Can't figure out how to turn it off. It's on maximum
magnfiy apparently, can only see a very tiny part of anything, even a
single word takes more than the entire screen which makes it
real hard to use the GUI.
Is there a keyboard shortcut that will turn the $%^& thing off??
Cheers
Geoff in OZ
9:05 p.m.
New subject: Mac Classic
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim" <jrasite(a)eoni.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: Mac Classic
Geoff Roberts wrote:
I think I tried that already but I'll give it another go.
Or is this a hold while rebooting one as well?
Holding down the shift key while booting made no difference.
And it's apparently System 6.something.
the Apple Menu icon on the left top of the display almost fills the screen, and is
alternating between that icon and another which looks vaguely like a screen with an
exclamation mark. I'm running out of keyboard combinations to try.
Geoff in Oz
Is there a keyboard shortcut that will turn the
$%^& thing off??
try "apple -" 
14 Apr
14 Apr
1:47 a.m.
New subject: Mac Classic
If the magnification thing is a program, you might be able to force
quit it. Hit option-open apple-escape and then click "Force Quit", or
if you can't see the window, hitting enter should press the button. The
only other thing I can think of would be to boot off a floppy and
reinstall the OS.
Ian Primus
ian_primus(a)yahoo.com
On Monday, April 14, 2003, at 02:02 AM, Geoff Roberts wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim" <jrasite(a)eoni.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: Mac Classic
Geoff Roberts wrote:
I think I tried that already but I'll give it another go.
Or is this a hold while rebooting one as well?
Holding down the shift key while booting made no difference.
And it's apparently System 6.something.
the Apple Menu icon on the left top of the display almost fills the
screen, and is
alternating between that icon and another which looks vaguely like a
screen with an
exclamation mark. I'm running out of keyboard combinations to try.
Geoff in Oz Is there a keyboard shortcut that will turn the
$%^& thing off??
try "apple -"
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