Dear Colin,
System 7.5.3 and system 7.5.5 both recognize DOS disks, that would make
things a bit more
simple (transfer of files) but in the meanwhile you could use Transmac.
You need Stuffit 4 first, with which you will be able to unstuff version 5.
My experience is that with both versions 4 and 5 you will be able to
decompress
or unstuff :-) all the files that can be downloaded on the net.
I can send you a little freeware utility with which a Win or Dos user can
make a Mac disk
On that disk you will find (put the disk in your powerbook!) version 4 of
the Stuffit
Expander (Maybe this sounds complicated and I guess I'm jumping a few steps
:-) but
the utility I can send you is a 'MakeDisk' program. It not only creates a
Mac disk, but it puts
a couple of programs for the Mac on it).
I will also send you the free stuffit 5, which you can unstuff with the
version 4 that has been
installed on your PB.
Then you will have to transfer the files you downloaded from the net to Mac
compatible disks
with Transmac.
If you found the programs files I mentioned in this mail, no problem. If
you didn't, contact
me off-list and I will send them to you. They are all freeware anyway.
You could also consider upgrading to System 7.5.3 and to 7.5.5. Apple has
made these
OS's available for free! You can download them at their server, create the
19 disks with your PC
and install everything on your powerbook.
I can help you with this operation, since I did it myself a couple of weeks
ago on my
Powerbook Duo 230.
On the other hand, you should first figure out out if 7.5.5 runs on a 170.
I have no idea, since I'm quite new to the Mac world (and by the way: adore
it)
I can give you the exact URL where to find the free Mac System 7.5
Best,
Erwin
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