system 7 – Garrett Fuller

Playing custom sounds from your compact Mac

As evidenced by my latest adventures with the monaural Califone AV80 cassette player, low quality sound doesn’t bother me.

Tidbits: Classic Memory Upgrade + SoftPC Update

After six months of trying to upgrade the memory in the Classic, I was finally successful.

DOScember: SoftPC on a Macintosh?

Many vintage computer enthusiasts are celebrating DOScember – using the time to play around with DOS and run some games. Back in March 2019, I demonstrated DOSBox, a DOS emulator that runs on modern machines. But I had a random idea: what if I could get DOS emulation working on one of the vintage Macintosh computers?

System 7 on the 1991 Macintosh Classic

This year, Apple surprised us with two giant leaps forward for the Mac: the introduction of their own M1 silicon, and the introduction of macOS 11 “Big Sur.”

But let’s take a leap back in time nearly 30 years and look at System 7.

Introducing: 1991 Macintosh Classic

After about 6-7 years of waiting, it finally happened.

Basilisk II: Classic Mac Emulator

Want to run yesterday’s Macintosh software on your modern Mac or PC?