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You could absolutely boot a stripped-down Mac OS 8 on a floppy, including the beige G3. Apple even provided them ("Disk Tools").
by classichasclass 1y ago
You could absolutely boot a stripped-down Mac OS 8 on a floppy, including the beige G3. Apple even provided them ("Disk Tools").
- kalleboo 1y agoApple even still hosts a download of the Disk Tools floppy for MacOS 8.1! https://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Mac_OS_8.1_Update/Disk_Tools_PPC.img.bin https://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Sof...
- elliotnunn 1y agoFascinatingly, the System file on the Disk Tools 8.1 floppy is actually a build of System 7, with HFS+ support grafted on. https://github.com/elliotnunn/HFSPlusBackport/blob/master/resreport.txt https://github.com/elliotnunn/HFSPlusBackport/blob/master/re...