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Last Updated 20/09/2013

Don't leave your Mac in the loft!
Buy a Mac modem cable & modem or an ethernet card from ebay and then install the following software:

Mactintosh SE/30
Web, FTP Filesharing, Secure Telnet & Email




Operating System
System 6.08 System6.dsk 1.44MB

System 7.01 System7.dsk 1.44MB

System 7.5.3 from Apple
http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html

Many of the links to vintage Mac software are now dead so I've tried to gather all the relevant software in one place...

File Compression
Stuffit Expander 4.01  stuffitexpander401.sit 196KB
Stuffit Lite     3.6   stuffitlite36.sit      628KB

Floppy Disk Images
Disk Copy        4.2   diskcopy42.sit          16KB
Disk Copy        6.3.3 diskcopy633.sit        512KB

Address more than 8MB Memory
Mode32           7.5   MODE32_7.5.sea.bin      88KB

Communication
MacPPP           2.01  macppp201.sit           56KB
Copy Config PPP to Control Panels folder
Copy PPP to Extensions folder

MacTCP           2.06  mactcp206.sit           64KB
Copy MacTCP to Control Panels folder
MacTCP patch     2.1   mactcp21patch.sit       28KB
MacTCP patch By Glenn Anderson http://www.mactcp.org.nz

Configuring MacTCP
Ensure PPP is selected and not LocalTalk.
Specify DNS servers for your ISP. 

For example, Demon:
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Reuter Address (Default Gateway) 192.168.0.1
Domain IP Address
.      158.152.1.43
.      158.152.1.58

For example, BT:
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Reuter Address (Default Gateway) 192.168.1.254
Domain IP Address
.      213.120.234.62
.      213.120.234.14

Ping
MacTCPPing       2.0.2 mactcpping202.sit      24KB    

Email
Eudora Light     1.5.5 eudoralight155.sit    496KB
Eudora manual          eudoramanual155.sit   320KB
Configuring Eudora
If your hostname prefixes your ISP.  For example, Demon:
Use POP account:vintagemac.demon.co.uk@pop3.demon.net
   
FTP
Anarchie (Shareware) 2.01 anarchie201.sit    800KB
By Peter N. Lewis         http://www.stairways.com 

Web
WannaBe Text Browser              1.0.b14 wannabe68k10b14.sit         260KB
Search Plug-ins Starter Set               searchpluginsstarterset.sit   5KB
Requires System 7.1 or later & Colour Quickdraw
Requires Macintosh Drag and Drop  1.1.1   draganddrop111.sit           24KB
Copy Macintosh Drag and Drop to Extensions folder
Requires Thread Manager           2.01    threadmanager201.sit         16KB
Copy Thread Manager to Extensions folder
Requires Internet Config          2.02    internetconfig202.sit       176KB
WannaBe by David T. Pierson  http://mindstory.com

Telnet
NiftyTelnet   1.1 SSH r3     niftytelnet11sshr3.sit      
NiftyTelnet by Jonas Walldén http://www.lysator.liu.se/~jonasw/freeware/niftyssh
Use Protocol:SSH - 3DES

JPEG Viewer
JPEGView      3.31  jpegview331.sit      568KB

Search
MasterFinder  3.03  masterfinder303.sit  380KB More powerful than Finder.                   

Control Panels
DragAnyWindow 2.0   draganywindow20.sit  12KB Move windows that are usually unmovable.
SuperClock!   4.04  superclock!404.sit   24KB Menu bar clock
WindowShade   1.1   windowshade11.sit    40KB Minimise windows by double clicking title bar.

Extensions
BombShelter   1.01  bombshelter101.sit    8KB Continue button added to bomb dialogue box.
StickyClick   2.1   stickyclick21.sit     8KB Mouse button held down automatically over menus.
TurboMenu     1.0D6 turbomenu10D6.sit     8KB Command key and mouse button for menus by pointer.
File Sharing Extension 7.6.2 filesharingextension762.sit 100KB

Filesharing OSX 10.4 Tiger and your vintage mac
It is no longer possible to fileshare via AppleTalk as in previous versions :(
Instead, make your OSX computer an FTP server using Crush FTP and FTP to it from your vintage Mac.
By Ben Spink http://www.crushftp.com