Re: just bought a compact mac

2005-01-16 Thread Bruce
> >Hi, > >I was raised in a mac family so today at the goodwill > >when i saw a little Mac Classic sitting outside in a > >pile of junk and rain clouds overhead that were > >threatening to distroy it i bought it > > And when and if you do get it apart if it doesn't have the 4MB expansion board let

Re: just bought a compact mac

2005-01-16 Thread Dr.O.M.Betz
>Hi, >I was raised in a mac family so today at the goodwill >when i saw a little Mac Classic sitting outside in a >pile of junk and rain clouds overhead that were >threatening to distroy it i bought it Excellent idea! You will have lots of fun with this little guy if you choose the right software

Re: just bought a compact mac

2005-01-16 Thread Andy G
> Hi, > I was raised in a mac family so today at the goodwill > when i saw a little Mac Classic sitting outside in a > pile of junk and rain clouds overhead that were > threatening to distroy it i bought it, because i felt > sorry for it. Now I have a Mac Classic and know pretty > much nothing abou

Re: just bought a compact mac

2005-01-16 Thread Andrew, a Mac Freak
> If you've got a PC on the net, you can down load some programs 1)to > turn regular PC floppies into mac ones and 2)get system software that > will run the machine and put it on the floppie 3) maybe even find some > old software lurking around on the net that will run on it. But before he c

Re: just bought a compact mac

2005-01-15 Thread Spoolman Nancy
Hi, I was raised in a mac family so today at the goodwill when i saw a little Mac Classic sitting outside in a pile of junk and rain clouds overhead that were threatening to distroy it i bought it, because i felt sorry for it. Now I have a Mac Classic and know pretty much nothing about it. My fami

Re: just bought a compact mac

2005-01-15 Thread Antonio Rodríguez
You do need a Macintosh (or maybe an Apple II) to create a boot disk for a Plus. The Plus has a 800 Kb drive wich is unable to read 1.44 Mb disks, and a regular PC 3.5" drive isn't able of writting the Apple's own 800 Kb format. You would need a special controller and drive to read/write Macintosh

Re: just bought a compact mac

2005-01-15 Thread Andrew Nolan
If you've got a PC on the net, you can down load some programs 1)to turn regular PC floppies into mac ones and 2)get system software that will run the machine and put it on the floppie 3) maybe even find some old software lurking around on the net that will run on it. On 16/01/2005, at 12:54

just bought a compact mac

2005-01-15 Thread Veronica
Hi, I was raised in a mac family so today at the goodwill when i saw a little Mac Classic sitting outside in a pile of junk and rain clouds overhead that were threatening to distroy it i bought it, because i felt sorry for it. Now I have a Mac Classic and know pretty much nothing about it. My fami