It's interesting, but I can't say I'll get very sentimental over it. A particular workstation with OS 9 brought me more headaches and discomfort than a thousand days of hangovers.

Once OS X arrived (along with some bugs which were ironed out) and the switch to Intel processors happened... well that's the point where I start to get misty-eyed.

I remember trying to run OS 9 on my first iBook when I was experimenting with 10.1, and having a Mac user explain that it was crashing every twenty minutes because I needed to allocate memory to individual applications. Once I realized that the OS lacked memory protection I just went to OS X full-time and never looked back. There were certainly glory days for the old Mac OS, but I can’t remember any occurring after ninth grade...

There’s always SheepShaver, an OS 7/8/9 emulator that still works on Intel-based Macs.

I think OS 7 was the last time the system was simple enough that I still knew where every file went, how to fully trace an install--shoot, I even remember using ResEdit to make my own icons and play splash screen games with unsuspecting coworkers.

Now, I just turn the thing on and hope it will work without hiccups.....For giggles, I do have a working Mac Classic with OS 7.1 installed and it still runs. 4 Megs of RAM and a 40 Meg HD, wow!

Well, at least there's still Amiga...

I can still boot up my Powermac 7200 when I need to get nostalgic.

(Which, actually, I have to do whenever I need to telnet into my router...I've been too lazy to upgrade the router.)

I still remember System 2. The days when I could run System, apps, and files on one 400k floppy.

ChrisL

"The days when I could run System, apps, and files on one 400k floppy."

You liar! (Or at least I never ran an app then that didn't need for me to play change-da-floppy dummy.)

Cheers!

LOL!!! :-)

ChrisL

I still remember System 2. The days when I could run System, apps, and files on one 400k floppy.

I have fond memories of the joy of running System 6 on my own SE20, and having to buy a torx screwdriver to upgrade my own memory when I bought the original Deskwriter.

ResEdit, ResEdit, wherefore art thou, ResEdit? ;-)

Will DTL upgrade FontMaster now?

And what of the long delayed upgrade to that old beloved font abuse tool TypeStyler? They've been advertising that an OS X version has been "coming soon" for years! From what I can tell it's not even breathing hard.

> re: system 2

Wasn't Apple shipping those odd numbers at that time. You got system 2.4 and finder 4.3, and then they updated to system 3.1 and finder 4.8. I seem to remember they never used the x.0 numbers.