Born Again is a utility that allows one to install Mac OS 8 or Mac OS
8.1 onto a 68030-based Macintosh.. It comes in three varieties: Trial,
Basic and Pro (aka Deluxe).
Following the introduction of Mac OS 8, Apple dropped support for
68030 models. Born Again permits these legacy computers to use Mac OS
8 and/or Mac OS 8.1.
By using Born Again, the user can take advantage of several key
features, like:
* Read & write HFS+ disks
* Multi-threaded Finder
* Platinum Appearance
* Improved Finder Views
* Contextual Menus
* Finder Pop-up Windows
* Setup Assistants
* Spring-loaded Folders
* Open Transport 1.3.1
Born Again 1.0 was originally distributed as Shareware and is limited
to three uses per machine. Download #2 is a timed, 30-day trial
version 1.1; you must set your clock back before opening the archive
in order to use it.
DL#1: Version 1.0
DL#2: Version 1.1 Trial Installer (as sourced from [Macwelt Archiv-CD
2001][1])
DL#3: Born Again Pro version 1.1. The Pro version has more
capabilities than the Basic version.
Compatibility
Architecture: 68k
General requirement: any Macintosh with a 68030-based CPU, as well as
a 68882-FPU (a "floating-point unit", or math co-processor).
Using Born Again, Mac OS 8 should work with the following models:
? Macintosh IIfx
? Macintosh IIci
? Macintosh IIsi
? Macintosh IIvi
? Macintosh IIvx
? Macintosh Color Classic II
? Macintosh LC III
? Macintosh LC III+
? Macintosh LC 520
? Macintosh LC 550
? Performa 275
? Performa 450
? Performa 460
? Performa 466
? Performa 467
? Performa 520
? Performa 550
? Performa 560
? Performa 600
? Performa 600CD
? PowerBook 150
? PowerBook 160
? PowerBook 165
? PowerBook 165c
? PowerBook 180
? PowerBook 180c
? PowerBook Duo 210
? PowerBook Duo 230
? PowerBook Duo 250
? PowerBook Duo 270c
[1]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macwelt2001
