Third Party User feedback "The only thing I would ever
pay for to put in the Performa is a battery." :-)
In Summer 2003, I got as gift for free an Apple
Macintosh Performa 5200 computer with 75 Mhz CPU "603PPC", 40
MByte RAM, Quantum "TRB850A" IDE harddisk, Matshit "ACD-ROM
CR-800SA" SCSI CDROM drive ( SCSI-ID: 3 ), "M2980" keyboard and
the mouse "Apple Bus Mouse II". I am running the operating
system MacOS 7.5.5, which is available for free as official
download.
From my point of view, MacOS 7.5.5's equivalent in the
Windows world is Wfw 3.11: Internet access with ancient
browsers, yes, but .. there is a PPPoE driver for DSL Internet
access with MacOS 7.5.5 !
Indeed, if you consider which free software does not run on
MacOS 7.5.5, a switch to the commercial MacOS 8.1 is very
advisable.
In general, follow the instructions of Marc Hoffman
and Michael Hutchison.
My strategy:
Get the ROM images of a 68K Macintosh, install a
Macintosh Emulator. On Linux, activate support for
the HFS file system. On Windows, please install the
"HFVExplorer", too.
The "Disk Tools" disk images are your 68K and PPC
bootdisks.
Download the full installation
archive of MacOS 7.5.3 and the update to 7.5.5, and
install it on the Macintosh emulator, with the help
of the 68K bootdisk.
You can do a full installation "Universal System
for any Macintosh", but you must exclude the system
extension "A/ROSE" for use with some Mac emulators
like "Basilisk II". If you forget, the emulator
crashes. Remember that by keeping the shift key
pressed at startup, all extensions are disabled so
that "A/Rose" can be safely moved out of the
extensions folder.
Install "Disk Copy" and "Stuffit" in this
order.
Modify the PPC bootdisk on a Macintosh emulator,
by deleting the two files in the root directory and
adding the "Joliet Volume Access" extension to the
system folder.
Access to ( some ) non-Apple CDROM / DVD / CD-RW
drives is granted by special or modified CDROM
drivers ( see below ). On a boot
disk, the "Apple CDROM 5.3.1 driver" is best choice,
as replacement for the original driver of MacOS
7.5.5.
There is still plenty of space left on the
bootdisk to add a driver for an IOMEGA ZIP drive.
All other ( installation ) software is transfered
on a standard "ISO9600" or "Joliet" CD.
As a result, the recording of a CD with "hybrid"
or "HFS" format is avoided !
When using a non-HFS CDROM for data transfer (
Joliet, ISO9600,.. ), the file attributes get lost.
For execution and extraction, You must drag .img
files on the "DiskCopy" icon and .bin, .hqx, .smi
files on the "Stuffit" icon on you desktop. If you
click on the files, you get mostly system crashes,
and not just simple error messages !
"Disk Tool" disks images of 1441 KB size did not work
for me.
For accessing IS9600 CDROMS with MacOS 7.5.5, either
the "Joliet Volume Access" extension or
both the system extensions "Foreign File Access" and
"ISO9600 File Access" are necessary.
Sometimes, copying big .hqx files to floppyies just
works by making a temporary copy on a harddisk, so that
the space-consuming conversion from .hqx to .bin is
safely done on the harddisk and not on the space-limited
floppy !
Marc Hoffman: "Installing Mac OS 7.5.3
on Basilisk II for Windows".
RagTime "Privat" 3.2, - free desktop publishing
software, 68K, for MacOS 7.5.5. Btw, the commercial Ragtime
5.5 ist the latest version still running with MacOS
7.5.5.
The commercial, fully integrated, Web-enabled,
cross-platform database development solution for standalone
and client / server 4D. Special free offers for readers of the
german magazines Macwelt ( Macwelt-Aktion ) and MacUp ( MacUp-Aktion ). "4D 2003" is the latest and last
version which still supports MacOS 9.2.1 Classic !
:iDo Script Scheduler, a scheduler for Applescript files,
for use with MacOS 7.5.5 ( shareware. freeware, online manual ). The freeware edition is
limited to handle 3 tasks only.
SkriptTimer V1.2, a shareware scheduler for
Applescript files, for use with MacOS 7.5.5.
Heise.De: "The MacOS &
third-party CD- and DVD-ROM drives". Note that the driver
modification described in the article is not possible
with ResEdit 2.13, the latest 68K version.
Some Mustek scanners with SCSI interface, like
my "Mustek MFS 6000CX", are shipped with MacOS 7.5.5
drivers, on the downloadable "AX Scan Tool Disk":
"TWAIN Data Source" driver, an "Adobe Photoshop"
compatible plugin.
"ISIS" ( "Image and Scanner Interface
Specification" ) driver.
Twain.Org - "Mac Data Source Manager (Power
PC Version 1)", version 1.8, for MacOS 7.5.5 &
PPC.
GraphikConverter - shareware graphics
converter, with TWAIN interface and "Data Source
Manager", "Adobe Photoshop" plugin compatibility, for
MacOS 7.5.5, 68K & PPC.
NIH Image alias Scion Imagaging Software - free graphics
software, for MacOS 7.5.5, 68K & PPC. Support of many grapics
file formats by the help of Quicktime 4 or newer. TWAIN
interface, "Adobe Photoshop" plugin compatibility. MacOS
filetype creator code: "Imag".
Please install Open Transport 1.1.2 ( download ) and Open Transport 1.3 Update
( download ). Just the installation of Open
Transport 1.1.2 creates the "Network selector" application in
the "Apple Extras" folder of the system volume, with which
you can switch between MacTCP and OpenTransport. For use of
TCP/IP applications with an Ethernet card, OpenTransport must
be activated !
CFM-68K Runtime Enabler 4.0 extension -
required addition to MacOs 7.1 through 7.6 on 68K machines
for Navigator 4.08 and Communicator 4.08. Donït install
this on a PPC machine !
Opera
Browsers, PPC only. Latest version for MacOS 7.5.5 is Opera
5. Current version for MacOs is Opera 6.02.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 ( 68K, PPC ). 5.1.7 ( PPC, MacOS 8.1 )
PC MACLAN 9 for W2k. The US demo version is limited
to 180 minutes, the german demo version is limited to 90
minutes daily ( german download, german download directory )
Thursby Software Systems - "DAVE",
cross-plattform file and printer sharing, for MacOS 8.6 -9.2,
evaluation version available.
The ARDI Executor, a commercial Mac / 68K emulator,
30 days evaluation. In Summer 2003, there was a non-demo
version available for free download, which exired at 30
September 2003 !
MacWindow Tutorials - Tutorials for
Macintosh-Windows Integration.
For use with Pre-MacOS 8.6 operating systems like
MacOS 7.5.5, you must install the "Enternet Classic" and
not "Enternet RA" !
Enternet 1.25 did not work with a german version
of OpenTransport 1.3. Error message:
'Enternet Classic is not currently selected in the
TCP/IP control panel. You must select "Ethernet
Classic" in the TCP/IP control panel before making a
connection.'
It works with the downloadableenglish
version of OpenTransport 1.1.2, indeed !
Enternet 1.25 in "Enternet Classic" mode needs to be
reinstalled, in case of an upgrade or reinstallation of
OpenTransport, as mentioned in the FAQs.
Enternet 1.25 requries two dummy DNS entries in the
TCP/IP configuration, e.g. "1.0.0.0" and "1.0.0.0", as
mentioned in the FAQs.
Uni Köln: "Mit dem Apple
Macintosh drahtlos in der Uni surfen" ( ftp ).
Deutsche Telekom, BusinessOnline:
"Hinweise zur Einrichtung Ihres Internetzugangs".
Project: PPC/Linux for NuBus Power Macs ( 1, 2 ), like the Apple Macintosh Performa
5200.
Clive Menzies: "Installation notes for
Woody on Nubus PowerPC's using the Apple MkLinux Booter and
the Kernel with Debian Woody installer".
Debian for PowerPC does not support the Apple
Macintosh Performa 5200, officially, but it works with the
help a the special kernel of "PPC/Linux for NuBus Power Mac"
( ftp ).
Vremya 1.65 - free NTP client for
MacOS 7.55 ( PPC, 68K ). Vremya 1.65 works properly in
local networks with the NTP server AboutTime, while Vremya 2.02 fails to sync
with it.
Check these WEB sites which establish a reference to this
WEB document, as award for its usefulness and
importance: Markus Ammann. There is a complete list of referers for this WEB
site, too
german WEB site
In Summer 2003, I got as gift for free an Apple
Macintosh Performa 5200 computer with 75 Mhz CPU "603PPC", 40
MByte RAM, Quantum "TRB850A" IDE harddisk, Matshit "ACD-ROM
CR-800SA" SCSI CDROM drive ( SCSI-ID: 3 ), "M2980" keyboard and
the mouse "Apple Bus Mouse II". I am running the operating
system MacOS 7.5.5, which is available for free as official
download.
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