A copy of MacOS 7.6?

Any one have a copy of MacOS 7.6.x? Could you send me a disk image of the floppies?
I need a copy and would really appreciate any help here.
thanks,
Apple //GS

Langdon is right. The latest Mac OS version available without charge is 7.5.3, which can then be updated to 7.5.5.
7.6 is still on the payware list. All the sources from the usual retail OS vendors seem to have dried up, so eBay, Goodwill stores, and related outlets are now the only sources.
Caveats:
1) 7.6 came on floppies or CD-ROM, so be careful reading eBay descriptions to made sure you end up with something useable. I ended up with a new 7.6 package on floppies--takes forever to install.
2) there are some machines that cannot use 7.6, or require a special installer or version of the 7.6.1 updater. One of the readme files that accompanies the free 7.6.1 updater covers many of the incompatibility issues.
3) As 7.6 is not freely distributed, no one can legally make you a copy of theirs.
I like 7.6 on my older Macs and hope that it soon joins 7.5.3 on the freely distributed list. For now, it's still a "pay-for" OS.

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