YD 4.0

[Eric Dunbar]

On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 09:14:29 -0500, Eric Dunbar wrote:
> > A full install of Mac OS 9 is still less than about 150 MB (though I
> > guess one should include the motherboard ROMs to be fair). Mac System
> > 6.0.8 could fit on a 800 kB floppy disk and still have room for an
> > application or two and some documents. Whew.
> 
> OS 9 ought to be installable in ~20 MB?
> 
> System 1.3, Finder 0.97 fit on a 400 kB floppy AND had room left over
> for one or two apps AND for user files! (yes, I was virtually weened
> on Macintosh).

Or was that Finder 1.3, System 0.97 (I'm getting "old" & forgetting
things)? This was back when MacPaint 1.3 and MacWrite 1.7 were the
most advanced word processor and graphics design tool in the world.

Eric.