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Old Mac Printer Disk with SYSTEM 3.1 / FINDER 5.2

Posted by: Scott Baret on 2011-02-09 19:27:24 Just bought this one on eBay. It's one of the printer driver disks for the early LaserWriter/ImageWriter (back when you had to get an actual disk to get an updated printer driver), and it's unique in that it contains System 3.1 and Finder 5.2. It's got the LW drivers (v. 3.0) and IW drivers (v. 2.2) on it. This is a version of the system that was quite buggy and is very hard to find. Back when mac512.com was still distributing system software (before Apple outlawed the practice of user groups doing so) it took years to find one of these disks. AND--if you want your own, the guy who I bought it from has three more of them for sale. He's also got the one with IW 2.3 and System 3.2/Finder 5.3 (very common combination). This was one of my "holy grails" of system software. Now I need to find a 6.0.6 disk and I'll be good. (I believe I actually have a 6.0.1 sitting around, which is, of course, another rarity). I'm not counting on finding a 7.5.4.

Posted by: Anonymous Freak on 2011-02-09 21:15:50 I have a set of disks that were originally printed as 6.0.6, but had a sticker put on them for 6.0.7. (And, obviously, contain 6.0.7.) The "Macintosh Basics" disk that came with it is still labeled 6.0.6, although it only has a System file, no Finder... (The set is from a Macintosh IIsi box.) I do have one complete, and one one-disk-short 6.0.1 set, though. (Of course, the missing disk is "System Tools".)

Posted by: Scott Baret on 2011-02-09 21:19:41 I have one of those 6.0.7 labeled disks too. I don't have the box it came with but I believe it's for my Mac Classic, which has a manufacture date of August 1990, meaning it would have been one of the first ones off the line.

Posted by: slomacuser on 2011-02-10 03:25:08

Posted by: protocol7 on 2011-02-10 05:26:03 Was 7.5.4 ever actually distributed on floppy? IIRC it was pulled quite quickly. I only have a "net install" copy.

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