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Repository for Old Macintosh Software
- racl101 6y agoCool! Any version of this for modern MacOS?
- orionblastar 6y agoApple and OEMs still care about modern MacOS apps and will issue takedown notices. Abandon-ware is your best bet for the classic MacOS stuff. Also some Mac stuff here along DOS and Windows stuff: http://vetusware.com/ http://vetusware.com/
- racl101 6y agoOh wow, I didn't realize you could download ISOs. I just thought the repository was listing the software and telling you about it. Which is why I wondered at first upon reading your response? "What's the problem?" isn't it just sort like free advertising?
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoMacintosh Garden allows any uploads that have been abandoned for ten years or more, which seems like a reasonable timeframe. They have a lot of stuff for PPC OS X, and even some very early Intel apps. What they sadly don't have is a good way to sort between Classic and OS X...
- sneak 6y agoNote well that this is not a public archive: it is a paid subscription site. This organization is profiting from the distribution of abandonware, which is unethical at best and illegal at worst. They’ve also started big feuds with other people who mirror the abandonware. I don’t recall the details but you shouldn’t be giving them any money.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoI'm not familiar with all of the details, but a lot of the people behind Macintosh Garden[1] believe that Macintosh Repository scraped their content directly. I suppose it's not like either of them owns the rights to this stuff, but it definitely feels scummy. If you have anything to upload, please use Macintosh Garden. If you want to download something, I guess you could use Macintosh Repository instead, so you use up their bandwidth, but please don't give them any money! I'm sure the submitter didn't know better, but I really wish Macintosh Garden was the site that got submitted... 1: https://macintoshgarden.org/ https://macintoshgarden.org/
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- beervirus 6y ago> It's not like anyone owns the copyright to this stuff I would think the copyright still exists. Maybe the owner just isn’t aware of the infringement.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoOh, by "anyone" I meant, "any of the sites currently hosting this content". This should be clearer in my edit; sorry for the confusion.
- news_to_me 6y agoWhat's unethical about distributing abandonware? I don't see any harm in finding use of something that would otherwise be wasted.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoI believe GP is arguing it's unethical to charge money for distributing abandonware.
- vkoskiv 6y ago
- atribecalledqst 6y agoDoes this site offer anything that macintoshgarden.org doesn't?
- giantrobot 6y agoNot that I have seen. Macintosh Garden's repository is available for free on the Internet Archive[1]. MR requires an account registration and MG does not. [1] https://archive.org/details/Macintosh_Garden_Collection https://archive.org/details/Macintosh_Garden_Collection
- egypturnash 6y agoMacintosh Garden is available free on its own site, with browseable pages full of screenshots and descriptions of everything, too. http://macintoshgarden.org/ http://macintoshgarden.org/
- giantrobot 6y agoI didn't mean to imply MG didn't carry their own wares, bad wording on my part. Yes MG hosts their own content and is available on the Internet Archive. Macintosh Repository hosts the same content but puts it behind a registration/paywall.
- news_to_me 6y agohttps://macgui.com/ https://macgui.com/ has a lot that neither of those do. Plus the 512k blog is honestly invaluable.
- kalleboo 6y agoThere is some stuff that exists on either one or the other site, but it's mostly the same
- rasz 6y agoYear of release could use a from-to range selector.
- whoopdedo 6y agoI used to get all my Mac software from an archive hosted at MIT. I can't remember the name now. Is there a mirror of it anywhere?
- sneak 6y agoHyperarchive, formerly of hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu.
- w-ll 6y agoWhats the current best way to emulate a OS 7 machine, and pass in files from a site like this?
- Waterluvian 6y agoLook up Basilisk or Sheepshaver. Main hits for those will tell you the rest of the details.
- news_to_me 6y agoI've had the most luck with Mini vMac. Shoot me an email if you need a bootable image, I have one for System 6 and System 7.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoMini vMac is excellent, but I'm not sure it's the best for OS 7, because it can't emulate a color display.
- peterburkimsher 6y agoI've got Mini vMac Color working with System 7.5, send me an email if you want it!
- gcb0 6y agoWhat are good Hotline servers nowadays? i think that is the single program I envied on macs from my PC past.
- barochoc 6y agoI’m glad I read the comments. Thanks for the information/links to other repository and abandonware sources.