Born Again
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BornAgain_1.0.hqx (874.83 KB)
MD5: 5a8f73d292c74e5045b965deb191618a For Mac OS 8 - 8.1
Born_Again_1.1.sit (1.56 MB)
MD5: 27a7c539da1a9ee585cc2704a960fc7e For Mac OS 8 - 8.1
Guides on emulating older applications
Born Again is a utility that allows one to install Mac OS 8 or Mac OS 8.1 onto a 68030-based Macintosh.
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. Version 1.1 is a timed, 30-day trial; 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 Installer (as sourced from Macwelt Archiv-CD 2001)
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
Comments
There seems to be an issue actually running version 1.1. It's a timed demo that relies on Aladdin Transaction Engine, but even if I set the date back to like 2001 on my computer and reinstall, the trial version still refuses to run...
EDIT: So, you must set your clock back before unstuffing the archive for 1.1. I set it to 1 December 2000, and that seemed to work.
EDIT 2: I am getting an error that Born Again 1.1 cannot update a file from my 8.1 CD and just asks if I want to restart the process (which results in the same error). I guess I'll just try 1.0 and not torture myself...
Thanks! I've uploaded it here and updated the description, in particular the list of compatible devices, which needed some reorganization.
There is a copy of v.1.1 in Macwelt Archiv-CD 2001 in Macwelt-Shareware 2001: PD & Shareware 03/2001:Programme/Betreibssystem
Does anyone have version 1.1 of Born Again?
This Utility is just fantastic!
I used to use it to let run my IIsi & a Performa 630 with Mac OS 8 – which were actually capable to do so by the way.
Just a gorgeous Utility which was inside my everyday App portfolio with other tools like SerialSpeed 230, A-Dock an so on – back then …
In this sense
Smartcom
I wonder if this would work in Mini vMac some day...
Handy, but it would need to be a 200MHz 68030 to enjoy 8.1 and it's software.
Download here:
http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/macintoshgarden.org/files/apps/BornAgai...