Mac OS7

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:42 pm

Are there any enhancements or programs I should get?

SuperMegatron · Post by **SuperMegatron** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:39 am

nope.. That os is old as hell though. Try to find os 8 you can do more with it.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:38 pm

Try Kaleidoscope, it lets you customize the looks of the system with themes. Makes the system even more unstable, though.

Bertrude · Post by **Bertrude** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:26 pm

It might not be OS 7, possibly OS 8 but there was a freeware CMD/Tab application switcher called LiteSwitch which proved most useful. One of those things you miss when it's not there.

Says OS 9 and earlier on the web page...

http://www.proteron.com/liteswitch/

I can't remember too much about OS7 except playing Descent and Full Throttle. Quake 1 might work on OS 7 too if it's on a PowerPC Mac. I enjoyed a shareware game called Mac Brickout (http://www.leapfrogsw.com/download.html) and Boom (http://www.factor-software.com/download.php).

There were some other useful things like StartupDoubler (speeded up startup) and SmartScroll (both trial versions at: http://www.marcmoini.com/index.html)

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:51 pm

What about emulation?

Post by **pixel** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:15 pm

Sir Savant wrote:What about emulation?

I doubt you'll have any luck with something older than 8. If it's a 68k Mac, you're hosed entirely.

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:41 pm

So 8 is the way to go? Hrm, I hope she can handle it. Thanks guys.

Bertrude · Post by **Bertrude** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:16 pm

What kind of mac is it you're using?

crazyrom · Post by **crazyrom** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:30 pm

Sir Savant wrote:So 8 is the way to go? Hrm, I hope she can handle it. Thanks guys.

Get 9 i have os 8.6 and you cant find shit for it.

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:33 pm

Powerbook 5300.

Post by **I.M. Weasel** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:59 pm

Yeah that should run 9 or 8. either will have a few standard emus on them. Also as long as you streamline and cut down on useless items (disabled extensions and control panels) ,you can pick up the speed a bit an save memory.

But if you stick with 7, you need to update to 7.5.5, thats the last 7x before 8. 8 is a whole new game and uses more memory. More like a modern os than 7.

Actually,that is damn funny.. i just got the same exact mac. friend bought it at a yard sale. no AC adaptor though.. so im screwed.