I recently purchased a Macintosh Plus on eBay, and I love it. My
problem is, I didn't grow up with these systems, and I've had a hard
time finding anything online that's particularly useful in explaining
how to use the Plus. I'm somewhat familiar with OS 9, and quite
familiar with OSX, but these are entirely different creatures. I've
got 2 floppy disks with the OS on them, among other things (Pac Man
shows up on one, but won't play correctly, and results in a request to
restart the computer when I try to start it... extension problem?)
It's OS 6.0.5 on the disks. From my understanding, there is no hard
drive, so I have to boot from the floppy disk each time, right? I do
have an Apple SCSI hard drive, model M2115, but I haven't ever had a
machine with which to check it's functionality (although it makes
noise when plugged in and turned on). Can I use that on this machine?
One thing I don't understand: if I do have to boot from the floppy,
how do I add programs that aren't on the floppies already? I think
what I need is a crash course in OS 6 and the Macintosh Plus. I
realize this is a lot to ask anyone to post just for me, but instead
I'd appreciate recommendations of good sites or whatever would be the
best way to learn. I'd love to get a printer and be able to at least
perform some basic tasks with the machine, as anything less seems like
a waste of working components. Thanks :)
Glen
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