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 &nbsp; &nbsp; Ours is a two Mac family that has yet to make the move to PPC or OS 8 (okay, we're backward). &nbsp;I'm currently running OS 7.6.1 on our &quot;main&quot; machine, and would like to do the same with &quot;ole Betsy,&quot; an eight-year old SE with 4MB of RAM, twin FDHD's and an internal 40MB SCSI hard drive. &nbsp;Problem: &nbsp;I don't have a CD-ROM drive for the SE and the OS software is on CD.<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Would it be possible to create a compatible 7.6 system file on our newer machine and then install it on the SE? &nbsp;If so, how would I go about it? &nbsp;Please be specific since, while I consider myself computer literate, I only &quot;read at an eighth grade level.&quot;
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     Ours is a two Mac family that has yet to make the move to PPC or OS 8 (okay, we're backward).  I'm currently running OS 7.6.1 on our "main" machine, and would like to do the same with "ole Betsy," an eight-year old SE with 4MB of RAM, twin FDHD's and an internal 40MB SCSI hard drive.  Problem:  I don't have a CD-ROM drive for the SE and the OS software is on CD.

     Would it be possible to create a compatible 7.6 system file on our newer machine and then install it on the SE?  If so, how would I go about it?  Please be specific since, while I consider myself computer literate, I only "read at an eighth grade level."

Custom Install for SE-FDHD

Apple's early computers ran on a variety of operating systems, including a Pascal version and one based on CP/M, before releasing its ProDOS with the advent of its 16-bit computer. With the release of the Lisa, which had its own OS, Apple and computing entered the graphical age; it was followed by the Macintosh, which offered a series of "System" operating systems. Other Mac operating systems included PowerPC until Apple acquired NeXT and folded it into the Mac OS. Current operating systems for Apple devices are Mac OS-X and iOS.