9 Oct
2003
9 Oct
'03
10:46 a.m.
Do older external 400k drives work with System 8?
I doubt it. I'm pretty sure Apple removed support for 400K disks at the
OS level starting with 8. Although I could be wrong.
I find it hard to
swing a dead cat without hitting a pile of external Mac (or Apple II)
disk drives.
Are you sure they are 400k drives? The platinum colored ones that were
pleantiful and worked with the mac and the IIgs are 800k drives.
If you really find an old external beige 400k drive for the Mac, I'd love
to have it. I have two that are dead and none that work. I'd like one for
one of my 128 Macs.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
9 Oct
9 Oct
3:13 p.m.
So whats the status of this guys mac SE?
I went and dug out my original system 7 disks and found I have the
following:
System 7 (or 7.1) disks on HD floppies (1.44):
Install 1
Install 2
Fonts
Tidbits
Disk tools
Printing
System 7 (or 7.1) disks on Double Density floppies (800k):
Macintosh Networking Basics
System 7 Tuneup
Before you install system 7
Install 1
Install 2
Install 3
Printing
Fonts
Tidbits
More Tidbits
I know the HD set is complete because I installed it on my IIfx, havnt used
the 800k disk set so I am not sure about them.
If the person who has the SE needs a copy of these disks (I have a number of
68k macs that can copy these floppies correctly) he can send me blank disks
and I will mail them back copied. If the person can use disk images on their
own 68k mac I can make images and email them out. I did notice there isnt a
disk tools disk listed on the 800k set but I am sure it can be downloaded
from apples site, or a 3rd party util can be used (LIDO
7.56).
System 6.03, 6.05, 6.08 in 800k images can be found here:
http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html
If the person needs these images dumped to disk I can do that also if blanks
are sent to me ( I am out of 800k floppies since my amiga, atari st, IIgs
have sucked them all down in the last month, time to find some more).
Hope this helps.
TZ
8:29 p.m.
I've got 2 10 pack Maxell DD/DS 3.5 inch floppies (800k), still in shrink
wrap.
If you're in the neighborhood of Portland Oregon, where do you want to meet
so I can hand them over?
Or I could mail them to you, and I'd even trust you to send the postage back
to me... :)
TTFN
Andrew
-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: Help! need 400k/800k Mac os 6 or 7 diskettes!
If the person needs these images dumped to disk I can do that
also if blanks
are sent to me ( I am out of 800k floppies since my amiga,
atari st, IIgs
have sucked them all down in the last month, time to find some more).
Hope this helps.
TZ
10 Oct
10 Oct
4 a.m.
On Friday, October 10, 2003, at 12:29 AM, Andrew Prince wrote:
I've got 2 10 pack Maxell DD/DS 3.5 inch floppies
(800k), still in
shrink
wrap.
If you're in the neighborhood of Portland Oregon, where do you want to
meet
so I can hand them over?
Or I could mail them to you, and I'd even trust you to send the
postage back
to me... :)
TTFN
Andrew
Hi Andrew, Thanks I have blank disks. I am looking for the original of
the message below to see who said that.
-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: Help! need 400k/800k Mac os 6 or 7 diskettes!
If the person needs these images dumped to disk I can do that
also if blanks
are sent to me ( I am out of 800k floppies since my amiga,
atari st, IIgs
have sucked them all down in the last month, time to find some more).
Hope this helps.
TZ
4:08 a.m.
On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 07:13 PM, TeoZ wrote:
System 7 (or 7.1) disks on Double Density floppies
(800k):
Macintosh Networking Basics
System 7 Tuneup
Before you install system 7
Install 1
Install 2
Install 3
Printing
Fonts
Tidbits
More Tidbits
If the person who has the SE needs a copy of these disks (I have a
number of
68k macs that can copy these floppies correctly) he can send me blank
disks
and I will mail them back copied.
Let's Talk offline --- :^) Someone is mailing me system 6
and that's probably what I will install at first. It's running
7.1 (incomplete) right now, 10 disks?
If the person can use disk images on their
own 68k mac I can make images and email them out.
Can't, My SE is not net-connected.
I did notice there isnt a
disk tools disk listed on the 800k set but I am sure it can be
downloaded
from apples site, or a 3rd party util can be used (LIDO 7.56).
System 6.03, 6.05, 6.08 in 800k images can be found here:
http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html
If the person needs these images dumped to disk I can do that also if
blanks
are sent to me ( I am out of 800k floppies since my amiga, atari st,
IIgs
have sucked them all down in the last month, time to find some more).
Hope this helps.
TZ
6:22 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Hudson" <rhudson(a)cnonline.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: Help! need 400k/800k Mac os 6 or 7 diskettes!
On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 07:13 PM, TeoZ wrote:
Let me know if you need 7.x if 6.x doesnt work out.
System 7 (or 7.1) disks on Double Density
floppies (800k):
Macintosh Networking Basics
System 7 Tuneup
Before you install system 7
Install 1
Install 2
Install 3
Printing
Fonts
Tidbits
More Tidbits
If the person who has the SE needs a copy of these disks (I have a
number of
68k macs that can copy these floppies correctly) he can send me blank
disks
and I will mail them back copied.
Let's Talk offline --- :^) Someone is mailing me system 6
and that's probably what I will install at first. It's running
7.1 (incomplete) right now, 10 disks?
If the person can use disk images on their
own 68k mac I can make images and email them out.
Can't, My SE is not net-connected.
I did notice there isnt a
disk tools disk listed on the 800k set but I am sure it can be
downloaded
from apples site, or a 3rd party util can be used (LIDO 7.56).
System 6.03, 6.05, 6.08 in 800k images can be found here:
http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html
If the person needs these images dumped to disk I can do that also if
blanks
are sent to me ( I am out of 800k floppies since my amiga, atari st,
IIgs
have sucked them all down in the last month, time to find some more).
Hope this helps.
TZ
4:09 a.m.
Was there such a thing as an external 1.44 drive? If there was
could my SE use it?
On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 02:46 PM, chris wrote:
Do older
external 400k drives work with System 8?
I doubt it. I'm pretty sure Apple removed support for 400K disks at the
OS level starting with 8. Although I could be wrong.
I find it hard to
swing a dead cat without hitting a pile of external Mac (or Apple II)
disk drives.
Are you sure they are 400k drives? The platinum colored ones that were
pleantiful and worked with the mac and the IIgs are 800k drives.
If you really find an old external beige 400k drive for the Mac, I'd
love
to have it. I have two that are dead and none that work. I'd like one
for
one of my 128 Macs.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
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