Your Name wrote on 18. January 2016:
>
> In article , Andreas Kohlbach
>  wrote:
>>
>> Well I was looking for a copy of Macintosh System 7 or Apple Works for
>> the first Macintosh model (I run in an emulator, not owning one). All
>> links Google knows were removed. Even pages hosted at apple.com which
>> once offered some vintage software of their own aren't anymore.
>>
>> To put it in your words, what possible demand for System 7 software would
>> there be today to offer it for sale? Instead public sources were removed.
>
> http://macintoshgarden.org has lots of old software, including the old
> OS installers and AppleWorks.
>
> Or, if you want to buy an original and don't mind paying hellishly
> over-bloated prices, Mac OS 7.5.3 and old versions of AppleWorks are
> still being sold on http://hardcoremac.com ... or there's always eBay
> and similar.

Thanks, I'll check them out.

> Newer versions of AppleWorks will run on old versions of Mac OS X,
> unless you really mean the really old program for the Apple II.

Indeed I prefer old program versions with vintage hardware  -even if only
emulated.
--
Andreas

I use a Unix based operating system, which means I get laid almost as often
as I have to reboot my computer.

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