Re: Macintosh Apple IIe Card - How Good Is The Compatibility?

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In article <30bcda79-a783-4e1c-b987-dcd469948ff8@googlegroups.com>,
chris.hafner@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, December 14, 2012 5:41:10 AM UTC-8, Tempest wrote:
> > 
> > The more I think about it, getting a CC or LC that can use the Apple IIe
> > card would be nice, but as they only run System 7 I'm going to lose a lot
> > of compatibility with old B&W Mac games (lots of them don't like System
> > 7). So I think I'm better off just sticking with my IIgs and SE/30 which 
> > gets me the best of both worlds plus IIgs games.
> > 
> > If only I could find a bigger monitor for my IIgs...
> 
> I'd personally stick with the IIGS and SE/30, because those are my favorite=
>  two Apple products! But I believe the original Mac LC can run System 6 - I=
> 've been thinking about trying it out on mine. (The Mac LCII might run Syst=
> em 6, but I'm pretty sure LCIII and later do not).

I don't think the LC II will run System 6 either. According to MacTracker
the original operating systems that shipped with the models were:

    Mac LC               6.0.7
    Mac LC II            7.0.1
    Mac LC III           7.0.1
    Mac Color Classic    7.1

You could possibly get a newer "classic" Mac and run an emulator to use
System 6 under, but whether the performance is good enough for the games
you want to play is a different question ... OR get an brand new Intel Mac
and run an emulator (although I haven't checked to see if any of those go
back as far as System 6).