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IT NewsAn Emulated Stroll Down Macintosh Memory Lane - If you’re into Macs, you’ll always remember your first. Maybe it was the revolutio... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/07/10/an-emulated-stroll-down-macintosh-memory-lane/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/07/10/an-emulated-stroll-down-macintosh-memory-lane/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/macintoshclassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macintoshclassic</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#computerhistory</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/uidesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uidesign</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/system7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#system7</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/macosx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macosx</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/os8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#os8</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/os9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#os9</a>

Nicod, The Fediverse DudeSystem 7 - Live Transmissions 02<a href="https://system7.bandcamp.com/album/live-transmissions-02" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://system7.bandcamp.com/album/live-transmissions-02</a><a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/techno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techno</a> <a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ambient</a> <a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/transe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transe</a> <a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#guitar</a> <a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/bassMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bassMusic</a> <a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/modularSynth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#modularSynth</a> <a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/Hillage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hillage</a> <a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/System7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System7</a> <a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/foodZik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foodZik</a> <a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/hashTags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hashTags</a> Rép à ça <a href="https://toot.cafe/@christophe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@christophe</a>

Chris Mills<a href="https://aus.social/@ecoscore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ecoscore</a> <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/Satriani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Satriani</a> Surfing with the Alien <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/SteveMillerBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SteveMillerBand</a> Greatest Hits <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/StevieWonder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StevieWonder</a> Songs in the Key of Life <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/System7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System7</a> 777 Remixes <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/Seal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Seal</a> 1991 <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/SeaAndCake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeaAndCake</a> OuiThese are all on my phone.

Chris Mills<a href="https://mindly.social/@earth_walker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@earth_walker</a> and early <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/System7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System7</a> #777 - <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/SteveHillage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SteveHillage</a> and <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/MiquetteGiraudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiquetteGiraudy</a> are a tremendous force of <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/trance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trance</a> <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/techno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techno</a> <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/ElectronicMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElectronicMusic</a>

gongplanetSystem 7 : 'Live Transmissions 02' pre-order new CD for 11/04 release <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/System7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System7</a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/SteveHillage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SteveHillage</a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/MiquetteGiraudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiquetteGiraudy</a> <a href="https://planetgong.co.uk/bazaar/cd/system-7-live-transmissions-02.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://planetgong.co.uk/bazaar/cd/system-7-live-transmissions-02.shtml</a>

Regionales Retro-Rechenzentrum<a href="https://bitbang.social/@kalleboo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kalleboo</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/@me_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@me_</a> What always made me wonder (not having programmed System 6/7 back in the days): There _were_ applications that handled memory allocation dynamically (e.g. some versions of Graphicconverter), and some text editors where I forgot the names, where it was _not_ necessary to adjust the memory allocation for an program in the Finder manually.This dynamic memory API/functionality capability seemed to be added to System 7 back then. It always occured to me that RAM Doubler was a cure for programs that didn’t use newer APIs but the “old” pre System7 way of allocating memory fixed through settings in the Finder.But, this is obsevation is deduction and guessing. Would be great to read here from someone with actual knowledge of the memory manager of System 7.Perhaps <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Cdespinosa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Cdespinosa</a> can help or reach out?<a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/system7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#system7</a> <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/mac68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mac68k</a> <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/memorymanager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#memorymanager</a>

Gary Parker :party_porg:Damn: was hoping the new <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/System7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System7</a> live album would be out today, as it’s <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/bandcampFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bandcampFriday</a>Not out until April the 11th, though, so another month to wait!

Daniele Verducci 🧉As suggested by <a class="u-url mention" href="https://bitbang.social/@shyra" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@shyra</a> , I tried the <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/lacie" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lacie</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/silverlining" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#silverlining</a> drivers (found a bootable <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/system7" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#system7</a> drive with the drivers already installed on <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/machintoshgarden" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#machintoshgarden</a>) and in fact I was able to read and write to the <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/bluescsi" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bluescsi</a> emulated disk without errors! Unfortunately I still cannot boot from the disk: I got a plethora of different errors after the "Welcome to macintosh"...

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<a href="https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@smallsco</a><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/qemu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QEMU</a> RUNS <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/system7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System7</a>?!? 🤯

Daniele Verducci 🧉<a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> question: I'm trying to boot my <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/macintosh" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macintosh</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/powerbook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#powerbook</a> 170 from <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/floppy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#floppy</a> . So i used a <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/linux" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> machine with <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/dd" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dd</a> to write a known good <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/system7" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#system7</a> disk image onto a known good <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/floppydisk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#floppydisk</a> . But dd exits reporting an i/o error while writing. Note that I can create working <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ichibi.eu/tag/msdos" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#msdos</a> floppy with the same drive and same floppy. Also tried other floppies, same error and every time at the same place (44kb from the start). As expected, the mac won't boot, but for a little while I see the happy mac icon, so it seems the first part of the disk is correct. Is there any mac-specific parameter to pass to dd? Any other hints?

BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot🔊 <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NowPlaying</a> on <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BBC6Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBC6Music</a>'s <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ChrisHawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChrisHawkins</a>System 7: 🎵 Faydeaudeau<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/System7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System7</a> <a href="https://system7.bandcamp.com/track/faydeaudeau" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://system7.bandcamp.com/track/faydeaudeau</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5y4JgA4DqeWCzP6tOB2zcy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/track/5y4JgA4DqeWCzP6tOB2zcy</a>Please 🔁 BOOST to share what you like - your followers don't see if you ⭐ favourite a post

Brian LevyMan, I just spent way too much time making these. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicMac</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/System7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System7</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Icon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Icon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pixels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pixels</a>

Nicod, The Fediverse DudeSystem 7 - Davy Jones' Locker (The Orb Mix)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNzbri2yiao" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNzbri2yiao</a>Ce morceau (et particulièrement ce remix par The Orb) est toujours une bouffée d'air, d’oxygène pur, qui me met en mouvement, me donne de la puissance malgré son calme... Comme un puissant fleuve ambiant dub.<a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/ambiantDub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ambiantDub</a> <a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/theOrb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theOrb</a> <a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/System7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System7</a> <a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/ambiant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ambiant</a> <a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/foodzik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foodzik</a>

Brian LevyDid anyone ask for this? No. Does this solve any problems? Also no. Did I have fun building it? Hell yes. <a href="https://www.figma.com/community/file/1392611044307310359/classic-macintosh-ui-kit" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.figma.com/community/file/1392611044307310359/classic-macintosh-ui-kit</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macintosh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/System7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System7</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicMac</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Figma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Figma</a>

R. L. Dane :Debian:<a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@amin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@amin</a>I'll check it out.You have to understand, when I was getting heavy into computers circa 1990, vector fonts only existed in high-end printers, and via fairly expensive software ("Adobe Type Manager").Then in mid-1991, Macintosh <a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/tags/system7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System7</a> came out with its own awesome TrueType system and vector fonts, and I was in hog heaven! I could see fonts at 127 point and see the details of EVERY curve. Absolutely perfect!Also perfect was the fact that those fonts were being rendered at 72 dpi on monochrome, and used hand-drawn/tweaked bitmapped fonts at low point sizes (24 pt and below, except for odd in-between sizes like 11, 13, etc.)Nowadays, the screens I use are much higher resolution, but NOT "HIDPI." They're also full color.So, bitmapped fonts are OUT, even as a backup for small point sizes. Fuzzy antialiasing is in -- neither the really nicely pixel-oriented AA of windoze, nor the "screw the pixels/hinting, full, perfect vector shapes ahead!" AA of MacOS.So, older eyes, 96ppi screens, AA... it's a fuzzy existence.I love vector fonts in principle. I still can't get over the crispness of nice bitmapped fonts at low resolutions in practice.This is a recent revelation to me.cc: m0xee@librem.one

Sinclair-SpeccyCan I have BOTH?<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Computer</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroTech</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Retro</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroTechnology</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputers</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageComputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageComputer</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Magazine</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macintosh</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/System7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System7</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/System75" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System75</a>

Sinclair-Speccy4,000,007 reasons to upgrade to System 7? But this only has 7 on it!<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Computer</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroTech</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Retro</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroTechnology</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputers</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageComputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageComputer</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Magazine</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macintosh</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/System7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System7</a>

forrestoSearch my computer for "Mac Paint" ... it suggests Wikipedia.Search the internet for "mac paint internet archive" ... it emulates it! <a href="https://archive.org/details/mac_Paint_2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/mac_Paint_2</a>Infinite nostalgia. <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/MacPaint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacPaint</a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/System7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System7</a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/MacClassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacClassic</a>

Brian LevyMore screwing around. This time changing window colors via CSS custom properties. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macintosh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/System7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System7</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CSS</a>

Brian LevyOf course I just recreated the default System 7 desktop patterns with SVGs. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClassicMacintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicMacintosh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macintosh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/System7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#System7</a>

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