PowerComputing PowerCenter Pro Restore CD

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greenmachine

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Nov 23, 2025
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I recently picked up a lot of Macs and software. I found a restore CD v 3.0 (Mac OS 7.6) for PowerCenter Pro. Is there any interest in having it uploaded online?
 

Fizzbinn

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I think that might be the same as download #7 here:

Macintosh Garden: Power Computing (Mac Clone) System Software

DL #7: Mac OS 7.6 Part# 1620-0006-00 PowerCenter Pro 180, 210, 240

Does that match the Part# of your CD?

I have a PowerCenter Pro and would be interested in the original CD if you might want to part with it.

Any other cool stuff in your haul? Any Power Computing docs?
 

misterg33

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Oct 10, 2022
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I think that might be the same as download #7 here:

Macintosh Garden: Power Computing (Mac Clone) System Software

Anyone know why Macintosh Garden frequently barfs a 403 error when connecting over http? Are they aware of this? I gave up trying to connect over iCloud Private Relay. But I still have problems connecting from time to time on my non-VPN Macs.
 

greenmachine

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Nov 23, 2025
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I think that might be the same as download #7 here:

Macintosh Garden: Power Computing (Mac Clone) System Software

DL #7: Mac OS 7.6 Part# 1620-0006-00 PowerCenter Pro 180, 210, 240

Does that match the Part# of your CD?

I have a PowerCenter Pro and would be interested in the original CD if you might want to part with it.

Any other cool stuff in your haul? Any Power Computing docs?

That's the one! I'd be happy to part ways with it. Definitely a good bit of interesting stuff in the boxes, mostly educational software/games from the 68k era. Also found 3 versions of MS Office, two Performa 577 restore CDs, SoftWindows for Performa and some new world rom restore discs as well.
 

misterg33

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Oct 10, 2022
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Anyone know why Macintosh Garden frequently barfs a 403 error when connecting over http? Are they aware of this? I gave up trying to connect over iCloud Private Relay. But I still have problems connecting from time to time on my non-VPN Macs.
Looks like they might have made some changes. Haven't run into the 403 error in a couple of weeks! 🤞