Old OS X software - Macintosh Garden

I enjoy playing with my old Macs, from LC through IIvx, Centris to 7220. But I do most of my real work on OS X machines. Since I found Macintosh Garden, I have no shortage of Classic software. However, I have great difficulty finding software for older versions of OS X. I use Panther, Tiger and Snow Leopard. Tiger applications are generally still available, although not for much longer, I suspect.

Many Tiger applications don't work on Panther, and the Panther versions are generally not obtainable from the vendors, even if I ask them. They are also generally not available from P2P sources, which mainly concentrate on newish software. Which makes them not available at all, and that seems unfortunate to me. For example, I have a 800Mhz G3 iBook which only has a 20 GB hard drive. Panther is the ideal OS to run on this machine, but how do I get Panther applications for it?

So I was wondering, does anyone know of a source of software for Panther and earlier?

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2011, March 5 - 7:26am

bertyboy

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eBay and similar have no shortage.

I still run Panther (on my dual G5) and there's always plenty of choice for the task I have at hand. And it's always extremely cheap.
What sort of sofware were you looking for ?

2011, March 6 - 1:34am

gim

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Thanks to bertyboy for the tip about ebay.

At this moment, I am specifically looking for a copy of DiskStudio which will run on Panther. Can't find one anywhere.