Mac Plus, 2.5-4 MB RAM, 20 MB hard disk, 2400-14400 modem, System 7.0, and MacTCP 2.0.6 are the practical minimum requirements for PPP connections. System files are often stored as *.image files which can be opened and transferred to floppies with DiskCopy or ShrinkWrap. Systems 5.0-7.0.1 (7.0 on DD floppies) and some localized 7.0.1 systems TrueType INIT and Font/DA Mover for Systems 6.0.5-6.0.8 Systems 6.0.3-6.0.8 are the best choice for 8 MHz Macs and models with less than 2 GB of RAM. System 7.x requires a minimum of 2 MB of RAM and can be quite slow on 8 MHz Macs. The last freely distributed versions were System 7.0 (DD floppies) and 7.0.1. Xlator 1.1 (converts eols and charsets)Ħ8000 Macs are supported up to System 7.5.5.YA-NewsWatcher 2.0.3b0 (news-client v2.3.4 crashes).StuffIt Lite 3.0.7 (crashes occasionally).StuffIt Expander 4.0.1 (a must-have decoder).Strip Fat 1.0a1 (unfattens apps by removing PPC or 68K code).Stick圜lick 1.2 (sticky mousedown Ý la Windows).image files etc doesn’t create them on a Plus) Quark Xpress 3.32 (min RAM 2000, runs on as low as 900).MenuChoice 2.0 (hierarchical apple-menu).MacWeb 2.0 (more features than in v1.00A3.2 but also slower and buggier).MacWeb 1.00A3.2 (E crashes when saving prefs).MacTCP Watcher 1.1.0 (ping crashes 2.0).MacMinix 1.5.10.7 (Unix-like system that runs as an app under MacOS).MacinTalk 2 (from the PlainTalk/Text-to-Speech 1.4.1 package).MacinTalk 1.31 (this is obsolete v2 also works).GrafEq 2.04 (1.15 is less resource demanding), Pedagoguery Software, even works under System 6.
#Mac mosaic pro 1.0.3 plus
GIFConverter 2.4.3 (opens GIFs, JPGs, TIFs, PICs RAM 1500), Mac Plus or later.File Buddy 3.4.8 (handles file-types etc).EndNote Plus 1.2.1 (bibliography manager).Easy View 2.62 (setext- and digest-browser).DropStuff w/EE 4.0 (a must-have addition to StuffIt Expander).
Compact Pro 1.51 (*.cpt and *.hqx coder).BeHierarchic 1.0.5 (hierarchical apple-menu).BBEdit Lite 3.5.1 (a great text editor).Basic Black 1.4.1 (minimal screensaver).ApplWindows 2.0.2 (hierarchical app-menu).Anarchie 1.6.0 (ftp-client v2.0 and later crash).
#Mac mosaic pro 1.0.3 for free
Most commercial software is not available for free download. We have updated as many links as we have been able to find, but Low End Mac makes no claims regarding the accuracy of this information or these links. (With extensions off, System 7.5.5 takes about 1,200 KB, leaving roughly 2,800 KB free.) Matti Haveri, 7.0.1 leaves 3131K free memory on a 4 MB PowerBook 100 additional MacTCP 2.0.6 and MacPPP 2.0.1 leave 3015K free memory.
(Compatibility tested mainly on a 4 MB PowerBook 100 or Mac Plus running System 7.0.1.) Note also that newer versions might work. Notes and RAM requirements are in parentheses. This is a list of some apps and extensions that work on 68000-based Macs including the Mac Plus, Mac SE, Mac Portable, Mac Classic, and PowerBook 100.