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if you want i can send you both the rescue floppy on 8.1 cd and the one on 8.0…

 

well, i should have also the one on 8.5 one (the 8.6 doesn't have that floppy image on it)…

i don't remember exacly how it is called, but i'm sure that on 8.0, 8.1 and 8.5 cds there is at least a sort of "rescue floppy" with the latest system on it. i used it (my powerbook 1400 has a broken cd drive…) and it looks a little strnage: it has things like hfs+ support (on 8.1 and 8.5, obviously…) but a system 7-like interface, which is smaller and faster than the platinum look.

 

i will send you the 8.1 or 8.0 disk tomorrow, now here are 2:20 am…

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Mac OS 7.5.3r2 is the last Mac OS beeing shipped on floppies. Images used to lay on apple's FTP. The Powerbook 520c (68LC040@25/50MHz) will run fine with this version.

 

7.6.1 is nice too, was shipped on CD only (about 260MB in size as far as I remember). 8.0 or 8.1 may not be suited for your machine unless it has a comfortable RAM upgrade (max 40MB AFAIK).

 

If you want to install 7.6 or 8.*, you'll have to boot from an external SCSI drive using the HDI30 -> DB25 adapter, wich may be hard to find nowadays. I lost mine a few years ago :P

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My PowerBook 3400c cdrom drive is dead. :( I need to clean install Mac OS 8 on HD as the floppy drive module still works. Greatly appreciate for links to dl Mac OS 8 floppy disk images. Thanks. :)

 

there aren't mac os 8.x install floppies.

 

but you can boot from a rescue floppy and start the installation from an installation cd on the network or on an hd or external cd reader.

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