Macintosh Garden - Reference

Total Titanic: A Night to Remember

IIGS_User — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:10:43 +0000

Application file:

ANTR.iso_.sit

ANTR_Bonus.iso_.sit

"Total Titanic: A Night to Remember takes a look at the famous naval disaster involving a ship named the Titanic, owned by the White Star Line. This disaster is viewed through the film, A Night to Remember, based on an actual book of the same title written by a man named Walter Lord.

Compatibility:

System requirements Mac:

68040/33 MHz or PowerPC
Largest unused block of 4 MB RAM
Mac OS 7 to 9.2.2

System requirements PC:

80486DX/66 MHz
Windows 95
16 MB RAM recommended
16-bit sound card

Common requirements:

12 MB hard disk space
8 MB RAM
640 x 480 with 256 colors

Category:

Reference

Year released:

1998

Publisher:

Byron Preiss Multimedia

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)

Architecture:

68k

PPC

App's manual:

ANTR.pdf

Beyond Cyberpunk: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to the Future

Dookie Boot — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 02:42:31 +0000

Beyond Cyberpunk: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to the Future" (1991) Five Floppy

Here is a link to an online version (greatly expanded upon the original):
www.streettech.com

Here is an excerpt from the preface:
"When we began Beyond Cyberpunk! (BCP), there was no such thing as the World
Wide Web. Hypermedia programs like Apple's HyperCard were the only way to
inexpensively deliver hypertext with linked sounds, images, and animation. We
saw in HyperCard the opportunity to create a compendium of all this
cybercultural output. We wanted to map the territory, but to do so in a way

Compatibility:

Requirements:
Mac Plus or higher
5.5MB of hard disk space
1.5MB of RAM
HyperCard 2.0

Category:

Reference

Author:

Gareth Branwyn

Peter Sugarman

Year released:

1991

Publisher:

The Computer Lab

System:

System 6.x

System 7.0 - 7.6

Emulation:

Basilisk II (68k)

Mini vMac (68k)

Architecture:

68k

Philatelie CD #3

IIGS_User — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 19:47:57 +0000

Application file:

PhilCD3.iso_.zip

Issue #3, Edition 2002/2003, of the "Philatelie CD" published by the German Postal Service "Deutsche Post", which covers stamps used in Old Germany ("Altdeutschland", from 1849 on) and stamps used in the different German Reich's (until 1945).

Over 1,900 stamps listed in digital form. This issue lists stamps used in:

Compatibility:

System requirements Mac:
PowerPC with Mac OS 8.1 to 9.2.2

System requirements PC:
Pentium 166 MHz, Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/XP.

Common requirements:
40 MB RAM, 256 colors.

Hints:

Runs directly from CD-ROM, no installation required.
If you want to maintain your own collection of stamps, you must install the application onto the hard disk drive.
Because of copyright, the application requires the CD in the drive.

Category:

Reference

Year released:

2002

Publisher:

Deutsche Post

System:

Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6

Mac OS 9

Emulation:

SheepShaver (PPC)

Architecture:

PPC

App's manual:

PhilCD3.pdf

History of Jazz

mrdav — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:15:45 +0000

Application file:

History_of_Jazz.toast_.sit

Trace the beginnings of jazz from the honky-tonks of New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century, to its golden age in Chicago, to the dance halls of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s decades when swing was king and the big band sound was all the rage. Follow the aggressive bebop sound of the 1940s, the cool jazz of the 1950s, and the soulful modern jazz introduced in the 1960s. (from the CD case).

Originally published in 1996 by Zane Publishing. Republished in 2000 by Fogware Publishing. This is a hybrid Mac/PC disc image.

Compatibility:

68030 CPU
SSW 7
6 MB free RAM
640 x 480 display
256 colours

Category:

Reference

Year released:

1996

Publisher:

Zane

Fogware

System:

System 7.0 - 7.6

Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6

Mac OS 9

Architecture:

68k

The 1996 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia 8.0

OZ1SMB — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:13:00 +0000

Application file:

GME96.toast_.zip

The 1996 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia 8.0

Category:

Reference

Author:

Grolier

Year released:

1996

Publisher:

Grolier

Philatelie CD #2

IIGS_User — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:17:25 +0000

Application file:

PhilCD2.iso_.zip

Issue #2, Edition 2001/2002, of the "Philatelie CD" published by the German Postal Service "Deutsche Post", which covers stamps used in East Germany (GDR, between 1945 and 1990) and stamps used in the Soviet Occupation Zone (between 1945 and 1949) after the WWII.

Over 3,300 stamps listed in digital form. This issue lists stamps used in:
- Stamps used in East Germany ("German Democratic Republic", GDR) between 1949 and 1990
- Stamps used in the Soviet Occupation Zone (between 1945 and 1949)

Compatibility:

System requirements Mac:
PowerPC with Mac OS 8.1 to 9.2.2

System requirements PC:
Pentium 166 MHz, Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/XP.

Common requirements:
40 MB RAM, 256 colors.

Hints:

Runs directly from CD-ROM, no installation required.
If you want to maintain your own collection of stamps, you must install the application onto the hard disk drive.
Because of copyright, the application requires the CD in the drive.

Category:

Reference

Year released:

2001

Publisher:

Deutsche Post

System:

Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6

Mac OS 9

Emulation:

SheepShaver (PPC)

Architecture:

PPC

App's manual:

PhilCD2.pdf

Philatelie CD #1

IIGS_User — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 11:08:05 +0000

Application file:

PhilCD1_98.iso_.sit

PhilCD1.iso_.zip

Issue #1 of the "Philatelie CD" published by the German Postal Service, covering stamps used in West Germany.
Edition 2001/2002 also lists stamps used in Berlin (West) and stamps used during allied occupation after the WWII.

About the Edition 1998/1999 (first download above):

Over 1,900 stamps listed in digital form. This issue lists stamps used in:
- West Germany between 1949 and 1998
Background informations and philatelic description to the particular stamps

Compatibility:

System requirements Mac:

Edition 1998/1999:
PowerPC with Mac OS 7.6 to 9.2.2, 24 MB RAM.
Edition 2001/2002:
PowerPC with Mac OS 8.1 to 9.2.2, 40 MB RAM.

System requirements PC:

Edition 1998/1999:
Pentium 70 MHz, Windows 3.11/95/98/ME/NT4, 24 MB RAM.
Edition 2001/2002:
Pentium 166 MHz, Windows 95/98/ME/NT4, 40 MB RAM.

Common requirements:
256 colors.

Hints:

Runs directly from CD-ROM, no installation required.
If you want to maintain your own collection of stamps, you must install the application onto the hard disk drive.
Because of copyright, the application requires the CD in the drive.

Category:

Reference

Year released:

2001

Publisher:

Deutsche Post

System:

Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6

Mac OS 9

Emulation:

SheepShaver (PPC)

Architecture:

PPC

App's manual:

Manual of the 1998/99 edition

Manual of the 2001/02 edition

68 - Eine Weltrevolution

IIGS_User — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 10:33:58 +0000

Application file:

MEDIA68.iso_.sit

The 68’s events are reconstructed with a mainly historical and documentary approach. Images and sounds convey the development of political and cultural production of the movement of 1968, numerous information sources allow a further employment with the topic.

Compatibility:

System requirements Mac:
LC475, Mac OS 7.5 to 9.2.2, QuickTime 2.5 (included on CD)

System requirements PC:
80486/66, Windows 3.1/95, sound card, QuickTime 2.1.1 (included on CD)

Common requirements:
8 MB RAM, 256 colors, 2x CD-ROM drive.

Category:

Reference

Author:

Il Manifesto

Year released:

1999

Publisher:

Assoziation A

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)

Architecture:

68k

PPC

Multi-Media Fluid Mechanics - 1st Edition

mrdav — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 06:37:56 +0000

Application file:

mmfm_cd.toast_.sit

This CD-ROM is the perfect companion to any standard fluid mechanics text. It includes videos that demonstrate fluid mechanical phenomena, animations of important principles and concepts, virtual laboratories, interactive demonstrations.

The download is a hybrid Mac/PC disc image, compressed with StuffIt 5.5.

A later (DVD) edition that plays under modern operating systems can be purchased from Cambridge University Press.

Compatibility:

PowerPC 8600 or higher
Mac OS 8.5 - 9.2.2
64 MB RAM

Category:

Reference

Author:

Stanford University

Year released:

2000

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

System:

Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6

Mac OS 9

Emulation:

SheepShaver (PPC)

Architecture:

PPC

How Engines Work

MikeTomTom — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 22:17:14 +0000

Application file:

reciprocating-engines.sit

Reciprocating Engines. Where would we be without them? Here is a set of (shareware) educational HyperCard Stacks that demonstrate just how Gasoline, Diesel and Steam engines work, with descriptions, discussion and animation.

The intent of these stacks is to illustrate the similarities, differences, advantages and disadvantages of these three different types of engines. Discussion stacks are included to provide more detail, explanation and comment where appropriate. A glossary to terms and references are included.

Compatibility:

Requires HyperCard 1.x for playback.
Minimum hardware requirement is a Mac Plus.
A hard drive is strongly recommended.
Animation is faster on a Mac II or SE30.

Category:

HyperCard

Reference

Author:

F C Lowell Jnr

Year released:

1989

Publisher:

SmokeStack Industries

System:

System 1 - 5

System 6.x

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