Macintosh Garden - Fifth Generation Systems

Pyro!

Daxeria — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:17:39 +0000

Application file:

This pack includes four versions of the Pyro! screensaver, charting its growth from a simple fireworks display bundled with Software Supply's other products to a boxed 35-module extravaganza.

Dan Sandler has written an OS X remake as well as a brief history of Pyro!

The little-known DOS port, "Pyro! PC", would make a nice extra here if it ever turns up.

(v1.0, v3.3.1, v4.0, v4.1)

Compatibility:

Ironically, the close-to-the-metal programming that kept Pyro! so efficient and co-operative on real hardware causes emulators to crash.

Category:

Screen Savers

Author:

Software Supply

Fifth Generation Systems

Year released:

1987

Publisher:

Software Supply

Fifth Generation Systems

Symantec

System:

System 1 - 5

System 6.x

System 7.0 - 7.6

Architecture:

68k

Suitcase 2.1.4

mrdav — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 12:58:43 +0000

Application file:

suitcasetm_2.1.4.image_.sit

Version 2.1.4 of this system extension for managing font, DA, Fkey, and sound resources. The download is a DiskCopy 4.2 image compressed with Stuffit 4

Category:

Fonts

Utilities

Author:

Steve Brecher

Year released:

1993

Publisher:

Fifth Generation Systems

System:

System 6.x

System 7.0 - 7.6

Architecture:

68k

Suitcase II 1.2.12

mrdav — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:50:01 +0000

Application file:

suitcasetm_ii_-image.zip

Suitcase is a font management program for the Mac, originally published by Software Supply, later distributed by Fifth Generation Systems, followed by Symantec, and eventually acquired by Extensis. The version here was distributed by Fifth Generation Systems.

Category:

Fonts

Utilities

Author:

Steve Brecher

Year released:

1991

Publisher:

Fifth Generation Systems

System:

System 6.x

System 7.0 - 7.6

Architecture:

68k

DiskDoubler 3.7.x

mrdav — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:21:41 +0000

Application file:

diskdoublertm_3-7_disk-i.zip

DiskDoublertm_Disk_3.7.5.img_.sit

DiskDoublertm_Disk_3.7.7.img_.sit

DiskDoubler is well described here in the Garden. The present downloads are earlier versions that work with System 6 as well as Mac OS 7.

The 1st download (v. 3.7) was released by Salient Software before they sold to Fifth Generation Systems. This upload is a Disk Copy 4.2 image, compressed with MacZip (use the same to uncompress).

The 2nd download (v. 3.7.5) was also released by Salient Software

The 3rd download (v. 3.7.7) was published by Fifth Generation Systems

Category:

Compression & Archiving

Author:

Lloyd Chambers

Terry Morse

Year released:

1991

Publisher:

Salient Software Inc.

Fifth Generation Systems

System:

System 6.x

System 7.0 - 7.6

Architecture:

68k

Fastback Plus

ndtronerud — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:07:43 +0000

Application file:

fastback_plus.hqx

Presented here is the original Fastback Plus for Macintosh (prior to Fifth Generation System's purchase by Symantec). Fastback Plus was powerful backup software in its day and was intended for backing up software and files to and from external media.

One of Fastback's most useful features was its ability to split large archives into multiple segments across several units of media (such as floppy disks or magnetic tape). The segments could be easily recombined using the Restore function. Fastback Plus also offered the ability to record Macros so as to accomodate repetitive tasks.

Category:

Utilities

Author:

Fifth Generation Systems

Year released:

1992

Publisher:

Fifth Generation Systems

System:

System 7.0 - 7.6

Emulation:

SheepShaver (PPC)

Basilisk II (68k)

Architecture:

68k

DiskDoubler 4.0 Plus Autodoubler, DD Expand & DiskTester

MadMac — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:55:43 +0000

Application file:

diskdoublertm-4-sit.bin

DiskDoubler (DD) is a data compression utility for compressing files on the Apple Macintosh platform.

Unlike most such programs, which compress numerous files into a single archive for transmission, DiskDoubler was intended to compress single files "in place" to save space on the drive. When such a file was opened, DiskDoubler would decompress the file before handing it off to the application for use. A later addition, AutoDoubler, added background compression, finding and compressing files automatically when the computer was idle.

Compatibility:

68k-PPC
Mac OS 7.x.x - 9.2.2

Category:

Compression & Archiving

Author:

Lloyd Chambers

Terry Morse

Dave Heller

Year released:

1993

Publisher:

Fifth Generation Systems

Symantec

System:

System 7.0 - 7.6

Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6

Mac OS 9

Emulation:

SheepShaver (PPC)

Basilisk II (68k)

Mini vMac (68k)

Architecture:

68k

PPC