Your Name wrote on 18. January 2016:   
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   > In article <877fj6zdav.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>, Andreas Kohlbach   
   >  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Well I was looking for a copy of Macintosh System 7 or Apple Works for   
   >> the first Macintosh model (I run in an emulator, not owning one). All   
   >> links Google knows were removed. Even pages hosted at apple.com which   
   >> once offered some vintage software of their own aren't anymore.   
   >>   
   >> To put it in your words, what possible demand for System 7 software would   
   >> there be today to offer it for sale? Instead public sources were removed.   
   >   
   > http://macintoshgarden.org has lots of old software, including the old   
   > OS installers and AppleWorks.   
   >   
   > Or, if you want to buy an original and don't mind paying hellishly   
   > over-bloated prices, Mac OS 7.5.3 and old versions of AppleWorks are   
   > still being sold on http://hardcoremac.com ... or there's always eBay   
   > and similar.   
      
   Thanks, I'll check them out.   
      
   > Newer versions of AppleWorks will run on old versions of Mac OS X,   
   > unless you really mean the really old program for the Apple II.   
      
   Indeed I prefer old program versions with vintage hardware  -even if only   
   emulated.   
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   Andreas   
      
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