[H] MAC to PC
I am giving a modern P4 Compaq computer to a friend of mine who still uses a 10 year old Apple MAC. Her computer has no internet access, no network card. All her data is in Word files, and when her version of Word loads on her MAC it says Word for Windows. Can I copy the Word files to a regular Windows floppy from the MAC, and move them that way... or do PCs, and Apples use a different floppy FAT? If I can't move them that way .. then how? Thanks
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Winterlight wrote: I am giving a modern P4 Compaq computer to a friend of mine who still uses a 10 year old Apple MAC. Need to know exactly which 10 year old mac, and what version of MacOS it is running Click on the apple, go to about this Macintosh. Some 10 year old apples could have USB 1.x on them even. Is it beige or fruity colored? What model does it say on the front? Her computer has no internet access, no network card. All her data is in Word files, and when her version of Word loads on her MAC it says Word for Windows. Can I copy the Word files to a regular Windows floppy from the MAC, and move them that way... or do PCs, and Apples use a different floppy FAT? If I can't move them that way .. then how? Thanks Most versions of MacOS (7.1 and higher) can read/write PC formated 1.44MB floppies. Format the floppies on the PC though. Harry
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IIRC, just about any version of Mac OS should support reading/writing FAT floppies. if it's REALLY old you might have a problem with FAT32 though? If it's ~10 years old and has a floppy, I guess it doesn't have USB? Could always use a thumdrive if it does. Scott On Jul 11, 2007, at 8:36 PM, Winterlight wrote: I am giving a modern P4 Compaq computer to a friend of mine who still uses a 10 year old Apple MAC. Her computer has no internet access, no network card. All her data is in Word files, and when her version of Word loads on her MAC it says Word for Windows. Can I copy the Word files to a regular Windows floppy from the MAC, and move them that way... or do PCs, and Apples use a different floppy FAT? If I can't move them that way .. then how? Thanks
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Need to know exactly which 10 year old mac, and what version of MacOS it is running I called and got the model number Power PC Macintosh Performa 6400/200. The OS will have to wait until I can be there. Some 10 year old apples could have USB 1.x on them even. no I checked for that ... unfortunately not Is it beige or fruity colored? beige What model does it say on the front? Power PC macintosh Performa 6400//200 exactly like that Most versions of MacOS (7.1 and higher) can read/write PC formated 1.44MB floppies. well that will make it easy. Will Word for windows on the PC read the word files she has on the Performa? thanks for the help!
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On Jul 11, 2007, at 9:17 PM, Winterlight wrote: Need to know exactly which 10 year old mac, and what version of MacOS it is running I called and got the model number Power PC Macintosh Performa 6400/200. The OS will have to wait until I can be there. I don't believe you really need to know this--as long as it was made after the early 1990s (which afaik, that model was--think I used one!), it should be able to read+write DOS/FAT formatted floppies. Just don't use FAT32, to be safe. Scott
Re: [H] MAC to PC
Winterlight wrote: Need to know exactly which 10 year old mac, and what version of MacOS it is running I called and got the model number Power PC Macintosh Performa 6400/200. The OS will have to wait until I can be there. That model would have to be at least OS 7.5, as that was the first version to support Power PC processors. Some 10 year old apples could have USB 1.x on them even. no I checked for that ... unfortunately not Is it beige or fruity colored? beige What model does it say on the front? Power PC macintosh Performa 6400//200 exactly like that * introduced 1996.10.23, discontinued 1997.05.01 * requires System 7.5.3 through 9.1 * CPU: 180 MHz or 200 MHz PPC 603e * bus: 40 MHz * performance: XXX (relative to SE) * ROM: 4 MB * RAM: 16 MB, expandable to 136 MB using two DIMMs * VRAM: 1 MB, supports thousands of colors up to 800 x 600, 256 colors up to 1024x764 * L2 cache: optional on 180 MHz, 256 KB on 200 MHz * hard drive: IDE, 1.6 GB on 180 MHz, 2.4 GB on 200 MHz * CD-ROM: 8x * mic: standard 3.5mm minijack, compatible with line-level input including Apple's PlainTalk microphone * ADB port for keyboard and mouse * DIN-8 GeoPorts on back of computer * DB-25 SCSI connector on back of computer * Comm II slot, occupied by 28.8 kbps modem (may be a GeoPort modem or a real modem) * video input slot (accepts TV/FM card) * video out port * two PCI slots: top slot may accept a 12 card, but bottom slot will only handle a 7 card http://www.zone6400.com/index.html might be more help too :) You can even add a USB card if you wish http://www.zone6400.com/files/firewire_USB.html Most versions of MacOS (7.1 and higher) can read/write PC formated 1.44MB floppies. well that will make it easy. Will Word for windows on the PC read the word files she has on the Performa? Word should be able to open them or convert them without much of an issue. Harry thanks for the help!
