Thanks for all the advice. I am going to a yard sale tomorrow where I hope to pick up a Mac SE with a hard drive. Hopefully I'll be able to make some disks from that and move them over.
I also purchased an Apple external 40MB hard drive that I could probably format and run on the Plus. On another note, is there a way to restore the original color on the case of the Mac? Like some combination of chemicals or something, lol! Also, I'm wondering where I could find one of those interrupt 'switches' that plug into the side of the case to press the two buttons inside. I used to use that all the time with Macsbug or whatever it was called... On May 28, 8:42 pm, James Fraser <wheresthatistanbul- [email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > --- On Thu, 5/28/09, Dark_Mac <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Check out this site, it has information on how to make Mac > > OS disks using your PC. > > >http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/pc2mac.html > > I clicked on a few of the links on that page, and if I understand correctly, > none of those suggestions are going to work for an 800k floppy drive-equipped > Mac Plus. > > >Due to irreconcilable physical differences in the floppy drives of PCs and > >>Macs, a Mac 128, 512, Plus, original SE, or un-upgraded II cannot use this > >>procedure. If you have one of these, you'll need to get a Mac that can > >>read PC floppies or find someone willing to make floppies for you. > > Off the top of my head, I believe the "physical differences" referred to > above are the variable speed floppy disk drives that early model Macintoshes > were equipped with. If I understand correctly, these drives are why compact > Macs were able to store 800k on a floppy vs. the 720k storage capacity of PC > floppy drives of the same timeframe. > > That being the case, I'm fairly (though not 100%) sure that the only recourse > a Mac Plus owner has is to ask someone else who has access to a > SuperDrive-equipped Mac to make a boot disk for them. > > I could be mistaken in my assertions, but the boot disk problem has come up > on the list so many times before that I fondly imagine even *I* understand > what's going on. :) > > Best, > > James Fraser --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
