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MacStronomy v1.1

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An early Mac astronomy program.

Compatibility: 

Ran it on OS 6.0.8 under Mini vMac.

Category: 
Reference
Author: 
Etlon Software
Year released: 
1985
Publisher: 
Etlon Software
System: 
Mac OS 6
Emulation: 
Mini vMac (68k)
Architecture: 
68k

Apple Macintosh Portable (stack)

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An Apple-produced HyperCard stack presenting the brand new Macintosh Portable of 1989.

MD5sum & filename: edf8c29b60bce751e33b461a9a549e7d *macintosh-portable.sit

Compatibility: 

This HyperCard stack was developed with HyperCard 1.x but will run on any version of HyperCard and Mac OS - 6.0.4 - 9.2.2

Category: 
HyperCard
Reference
Author: 
Apple
Year released: 
1990
Publisher: 
Apple
System: 
Mac OS 6
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Emulation: 
SheepShaver (PPC)
Basilisk II (68k)
Mini vMac (68k)
Architecture: 
68k

World Reference Atlas

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Compatibility: 

LCIII, or above (incl. PowerPC)
Mac OS 7.0 or more
640x480 monitor
256-colours or more.
Sound Manager 3.0 or above.
QuickTime™ 2.0 or above.
4.3MB free RAM
2x CD-ROM drive

Category: 
Reference
Year released: 
1995
Publisher: 
Dorling Kindersley
System: 
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Architecture: 
68k
PPC

Nine Worlds Hosted by Patrick Stewart

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This is an interactive tour of the planets of our galaxy, narrated by Patrick Stewart. Each of the planets, save Earth, has a QuickTime overview and guided tour given by Patrick Stewart. Players are also able to view pictures of a planet's moons, if it has any, view the planet's physical characteristics and look at a vacation planner for the planet (Adventure Legends)

A review can be found here.

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Compatibility: 

Mac OS 7-9

Category: 
Reference
Author: 
Digital Ranch
Year released: 
1996
Publisher: 
Palladium Interactive
System: 
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Architecture: 
68k
PPC

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Routenplaner Europa (German)

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ANDRoute, a route planner in German language, also called "Routenplaner Europa",

  • offers fastest and/or shortest way between two locations
  • displays the route in a colored road map
  • offers route descriptions including street names, numbered Autobahn exits, kilometer length, travel time, and others.

You can print and mail the search results.

Compatibility: 

System requirements Mac:
68k or PowerPC, Mac OS 7 to 9.

System requirements PC:
Windows 3.1/95
When installing the appication in W31,
the application requires Win32s,
which will be installed automatically.

Category: 
Reference
Author: 
AND Software
Year released: 
1998
System: 
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Emulation: 
SheepShaver (PPC)
Basilisk II (68k)
Architecture: 
68k
PPC
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Auftrag: Frieden

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Created by official german government ministry in german language, this CD-ROM informs about history of German Bundeswehr from 1949 to 1998, which is the current date of this CD-ROM.

To learn about recent version of this item, hop to:
http://www.if-zeitschrift.de/portal/a/ifz/
http://www.bildungsserver.de/db/fwulesen.html?Id=206653284

Compatibility: 

System requirements Mac:
Motorola 68030, 12 MB of RAM (when using PPC: 16 MB) ,
Mac OS 7.0 to 9.2.2, 8 MB of hard disk space

System requirements PC:
80486, 16 MB of RAM, Windows 95/NT,
Soundblaster compatible sound card.

Common requirements:
640 x 480 with 256 colors minimum, 2x CD-ROM drive.

List of Installation options available:

  • Copy CD-ROM onto hard disk ("CD-ROM auf Platte übertragen") , needs 620 MB of hdd space
  • With text files and index files ("Mit Texten und Indexdateien") , needs 55 MB of hdd space
  • With text files ("Mit Texten") , needs 27 MB of hdd space
  • Minimal , needs 7 MB of hdd space

Installation hints:

  • The CD-ROM offers to install both 68k and PowerPC based applications.
  • In emulation, if you've mounted the CD-ROM in Basilisk or SheepShaver, you can select "Minimal",
    as it makes no difference whether the stuff will be read from (emulated) CD-ROM or hard disk drive.
  • Next step is to select a folder where the application folder "BMVG" will be created.
  • When installation is finished, there is a hint ("Hinweis") , how to uninstall the application after using it. Don't be aware, this will not be performed yet. Simply click the button "Installation beenden" ("Exit Installation application") to exit.
Category: 
Reference
Year released: 
1998
System: 
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Emulation: 
SheepShaver (PPC)
Basilisk II (68k)
Architecture: 
68k
PPC
App's manual: 

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Der grosse PC-Zauberkasten

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This is an "Interactive magic box", containing eight chapters of rope tricks up to known scams with Foxgloves around 50 tricks discussed in video sequences by the professional magician Keith Fields.

'Der grosse PC-Zauberkasten' PC/Mac CD image
Zauberkasten.iso.sit
(497.1 MB)
German version for PC (Windows 3.1/95) and Mac OS 7.0 to 9.2.2
Compatibility: 

System requirements Mac:
Multimedia Macintosh or PowerPC, Mac OS 7.0 to 9.2.2

System requirements PC:
80486SX25, 16 MHz, 16-bit sound card, Windows 3.1, mouse.

Common requirements:
4 MB of RAM, 256 colours, 2x CD-ROM drive.

Category: 
Reference
Year released: 
1996
Publisher: 
Telstar
System: 
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Emulation: 
SheepShaver (PPC)
Basilisk II (68k)
Architecture: 
68k
PPC
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Comic Book Confidential

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Comic books finally get the respect they deserve. Combining interviews, historical footage, animation, and montages of comic book art, Comic Book Confidential traces the development of the comic book from the very first (Funnies on Parade), in 1933, through counterculture favorites (Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers) to the hippest representatives of the 1980s comic book revival (The Dark Knight returns) - Adventure Legends

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Compatibility: 

68030 25 MHz
Mac OS 7
8 MB RAM (5 MB free)
13 inch 640x480 colour monitor
256 colours

Category: 
Reference
Year released: 
1994
Publisher: 
Voyager
System: 
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Architecture: 
68k

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The Martial Arts Explorer

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For more than a millennium, martial arts have flourished in the Far East. A fusion of Eastern philosophy and times of great wars. The martial arts have only started to reach the West in the past few decades. The Martial Arts Explorer aims at revealing the mystery of the martial arts in an unprecedented way. This multimedia CD-ROM has more than 100 video clips, stunning images and illustrations and hundreds of pages of enlightening text including complete ancient manuscripts…. It also came with a book The Martial Arts Explorer Companion. (Adventure Legends)

Compatibility: 

SSW 7
3 MB RAM

Category: 
Reference
Author: 
Visual Arts & Pixel Multimedia
Year released: 
1994
Publisher: 
Future Vision Multimedia
System: 
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Architecture: 
68k

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Our Times: Multimedia Encyclopedia of The 20th Century

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This is much more than a compilation of facts and figures. It provides a context which enhances understanding. Based on the best-selling book, Our Times: The Illustrated History of the 20th Century, the CD-ROM brings the 20th century to life through fascinating articles, essays, images, and video documentaries, narrated by James Earl Jones.

Compatibility: 

Mac OS 7
4 MB RAM
256 colours
13 inch monitor

Category: 
Reference
Year released: 
1996
Publisher: 
Vicarious
System: 
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Architecture: 
68k
PPC

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Cinema Volta: Weird Science and Childhood Memory

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Cinema Volta is a memoir, a quirky performance piece, an ear-popping and eye-grabbing reverie about electricity and its transforming power. In twelve stories that pulsate and migrate across the screen, narrator Jim Petrillo considers the strange lives of great inventors of the nineteenth century...The subtitle promises "Weird Science and Childhood Memories." Weird it is, and not for everyone. But like any cult favorite, it has its fans (Adventure Legends)

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Compatibility: 

SSW 7

I get a black screen in MacOS 9.2.2 on a PPC

Category: 
Reference
Visual Arts & Graphics
Author: 
James Petrillo
Year released: 
1994
Publisher: 
The Voyager Company
System: 
Mac OS 7
Architecture: 
68k

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This is Spinal Tap

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This is the 1994 CD-ROM release of the classic rock comedy This is Spinal Tap. It was made by the Voyager Company who are famous for converting feature length movies to CD-ROM format and even predated DVDs by including extra features as well. The main disc of the set allows you to run Marti DiBergi's documentary masterpiece using a simple to use interface. ...

Category: 
Reference
Author: 
Marti DiBergi
Year released: 
1994
Publisher: 
The Voyager Company
System: 
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Architecture: 
68k

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Invisible Universe

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Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, noted scientist and musical performer out does herself with this CD! Dr. Terenzi's best-selling CD-ROM "Invisible Universe" blends astronomy and music into a uniquely entertaining and enlightening voyage through the stars. This CD ROM has received hundreds of "five star" reviews including the cover of UK magazine "CD ROM Today" (Adventure Legends).

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Compatibility: 

Mac OS 7-9
5 MB RAM
13 inch 640 x 480 monitor

Category: 
Reference
Author: 
Dr. Fiorella Terenzi
Year released: 
1994
Publisher: 
The Voyager Company
System: 
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Architecture: 
68k
PPC

Dracula: Truth and Terror

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Horror invades your hard drive with this exploration of the most notorious vampire of all time - Dracula! Never before has such a complete collection of Dracula lore been available in one place, including Bram Stoker's novel Dracula and the classic film Nosferatu, the first faithful adaptation of Stoker's book. You can also learn about actual incidents of vampirism, expand your knowledge of vampire trivia, and explore original material documenting the life of the man many consider to have been the "real" Dracula - Vlad the Impaler.

Compatibility: 

68040 CPU
Mac OS 7-9
5 MB RAM
256 colours, 13 inch monitor

Category: 
Reference
Author: 
Dr. Raymond T. McNally
Year released: 
1996
Publisher: 
The Voyager Company
System: 
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Architecture: 
68k

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Theatre of the Imagination

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Orson Welles' seminal work as a filmmaker is well-known, but few realise that he was just as accomplished in the world of radio theatre as he was in filmmaking.

Compatibility: 

Mac OS 7-9
5 MB RAM
13 inch, 640x480 colour monitor

Category: 
Reference
Year released: 
1995
Publisher: 
The Voyager Company
System: 
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Architecture: 
68k
PPC

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Live From Death Row

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This video (from the Voyager First Person Series) features the entire text of Jamal's book "Live From Death Row", a video interview recorded in 1989 and an audio interview recorded in 1994, almost fifty audio commentaries taped in prison for radio broadcast, other writings by Jamal indexed by year and title, statements about Jamal's life and work, and an introduction to his life from his early membership in the Black Panther Party to his career as an award-winning Philadelphia journalist and supporter of the MOVE organization (Stanford University Libraries).

Compatibility: 

68030 CPU
Mac OS 7
5 MB RAM
640 x 480 monitor or larger

Category: 
Reference
Author: 
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Year released: 
1995
Publisher: 
The Voyager Company
System: 
Mac OS 7
Architecture: 
68k

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Romeo and Juliet : An Interactive Trip to Verona Beach

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Based on the famous play by William Shakespeare and the 1996 adaptation set in modern times, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet : An Interactive Trip to Verona Beach explores Shakespeare's timeless classic in-depth. It features the complete text of Romeo and Juliet, which can be compared with the script of the 1996 movie adaptation. Outside of the play, the CD-ROM features a look at the characters and world of the movie and features the film's music score (Adventure Legends).

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Compatibility: 

68040 or PowerPC
Mac OS 7.1 - 9
5 MB RAM
20 MB hard drive space
640 x 480 display
256 colours

Category: 
Reference
Author: 
Fox Interactive
Year released: 
1996
Publisher: 
Circumstance Interactive
System: 
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Architecture: 
68k
PPC

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Baseball's Greatest Hits

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Baseball's Greatest Hits is a sweeping reference that looks at the game's most glorious moments through video, audio, and historical anecdotes. Although it competes most closely with Microsoft Complete Baseball, it culls the highlights and more interesting moments of baseball history as opposed to Microsoft's more encyclopaedic treatment (CD-ROM Today, April 1996).

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Compatibility: 

Mac OS 7-9
256 colours

Category: 
Reference
Author: 
Jeff Kisseloff
Year released: 
1994
Publisher: 
The Voyager Company
System: 
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Architecture: 
68k

The Day After Trinity

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On July 16, 1945, the first nuclear weapon exploded into the desert sky at Trinity Site - Alamogordo, New Mexico. Jon Else's Academy Award- nominated documentary is the definitive record of the building of the bomb and a penetrating portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer, its brilliant and elusive architect….

Compatibility: 

Mac OS 7-9
5 MB RAM
640 x 480 monitor

Category: 
Reference
Year released: 
1995
Publisher: 
The Voyager Company
System: 
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Architecture: 
68k

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SkyWatching

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Explore the universe from your own backyard with this interactive guide to the night sky. Based on the best-selling book Skywatching by renowned amateur astronomer David Levy, this is more than just an interactive sky map and database. Created especially for beginner to intermediate astronomers, it gives you real-world skywatching tips and information you can put to use tonight with a telescope, a set of binoculars or the naked eye. (CDAccess.com)

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Compatibility: 

Mac OS 7.1
8 MB RAM (12 MB for PPC)
8 MB hard drive space
256 colours

Category: 
Reference
Year released: 
1997
Publisher: 
Discovery Channel Multimedia
System: 
Mac OS 7
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Architecture: 
68k
PPC

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