Power Macintosh 8600/200 1

[tigreguy]

I have an 8600/200 and recieved it without and OS. Which OS should I be using on it? I was told that 7.5.2 would work well. I do know that it has an 8.6GB HDD and 32 mb ram. Also where would I get a "free" copy of this OS since it is so old or is that possible?

 

[jimbopalmer]

Mac OS 7.5.3 is free at Apple's Website, then there is a free update to Mac OS 7.5.5

http://download.info.apple.com/Appl...System/Older_System/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3/

http://download.info.apple.com/Appl....5_Update/Sys_7.5.5_Update-NetInstall.sea.bin

For some more money, MacOS 8.x or 9.0 or 9.1 could be ebayed. I would guess 8.6 is the ideal

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.

 

[GrayShades]

Prior to OS X, I found MacOS 8.6 and 9.2.2 to be the most stable, reliable systems.

Software: XL2002 on Win2K
Humanware: Older than dirt

 

[tigreguy]

I followed the link for the OS on my Mac but noticed that bin files were there. I am not quite sure how to convert bin's to either floppies or the group to CD's can someone help me with this

 

[jimbopalmer]

http://download.info.apple.com/Appl...h/Utilities/Disk_Copy/Disk_Copy_6.3.3.smi.bin

Disk Copy should be able to maike the 19 disk images into floppies for the 7.5.3. install, the 7.5.5 is a single file, much nicer in my opinion

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.