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Macintosh Hardware Macintosh Hardware comes in two varieties. The original Macs ran on Motorola 68000 series processors and are commonly reffered to as 68K Macs. Newer Macintoshes use PowerPC processors, which are a joint Apple, IBM, and Motorola venture. Expansion card bus topology varies by model, with newer Macs being PCI based and older Macs using either NuBus or Processor Direct Slots.
System Software System Software is the focus of this section. The most common System Software for the Macintosh is the MacOS. However, you can run many other Operating Systems on Apple Macintosh hardware. There are many different releases of MacOS. Some newer Macs require newer versions of the MacOS in order to run and some older Macs cannot run newer versions of the MacOS.
MacOS downloads from Apple Computer
System 7 Version 7.5.3 System 7.5.5 Update System 7 System 6
Commercial Alternative OS
SuSE Linux PPC
Other OS downloads for Macintosh hardware
NetBSD/macppc NetBSD/mac68k OpenBSD/macppc OpenBSD/mac68k
Useful Software iNetTools - This utility is a must for any Mac Sysadmins and home network enthusiasts. It has the essential network diagnostic tools (Ping, Traceroute, NSlookup, etc.) in an extremely functional package. It can be obtained from the WildPackets website at http://www.wildpackets.com/products/demos/
Interarchy - This software features both FTP and networking tools. You can use Interarchy to perform whois lookups, traceroutes, mirror your website, transfer files, run local daemons, and more. Learn about Interarchy's features in more detail at http://www.interarchy.com/.
Vicomsoft FTP Client Shareware - This shareware FTP client is quite customizable and even allows users more comfortable with text based FTP to use a command line mode (on the registered version). Get this program from Vicomsoft at http://www.vicomsoft.us/ftp_client/ftp.client.html
Apple Resources Links to outside resources:
AppleCare Knowledge Base Assisted Search
AppleCare Knowledge Base Expert Search
Apple Spec Database
Apple Legacy Spec Database
MacAddict Forums
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Macintosh Hardware	Macintosh Hardware comes in two varieties. The original Macs ran on Motorola 68000 series processors and are commonly reffered to as 68K Macs. Newer Macintoshes use PowerPC processors, which are a joint Apple, IBM, and Motorola venture. Expansion card bus topology varies by model, with newer Macs being PCI based and older Macs using either NuBus or Processor Direct Slots.
System Software	System Software is the focus of this section. The most common System Software for the Macintosh is the MacOS. However, you can run many other Operating Systems on Apple Macintosh hardware. There are many different releases of MacOS. Some newer Macs require newer versions of the MacOS in order to run and some older Macs cannot run newer versions of the MacOS. MacOS downloads from Apple Computer System 7 Version 7.5.3 System 7.5.5 Update System 7 System 6 Commercial Alternative OS SuSE Linux PPC Other OS downloads for Macintosh hardware NetBSD/macppc NetBSD/mac68k OpenBSD/macppc OpenBSD/mac68k
Useful Software	iNetTools - This utility is a must for any Mac Sysadmins and home network enthusiasts. It has the essential network diagnostic tools (Ping, Traceroute, NSlookup, etc.) in an extremely functional package. It can be obtained from the WildPackets website at http://www.wildpackets.com/products/demos/ Interarchy - This software features both FTP and networking tools. You can use Interarchy to perform whois lookups, traceroutes, mirror your website, transfer files, run local daemons, and more. Learn about Interarchy's features in more detail at http://www.interarchy.com/. Vicomsoft FTP Client Shareware - This shareware FTP client is quite customizable and even allows users more comfortable with text based FTP to use a command line mode (on the registered version). Get this program from Vicomsoft at http://www.vicomsoft.us/ftp_client/ftp.client.html
Apple Resources	Links to outside resources: AppleCare Knowledge Base Assisted Search AppleCare Knowledge Base Expert Search Apple Spec Database Apple Legacy Spec Database MacAddict Forums MacFixIt