What about a Superdrive in a Mac Classic? It can read AND write to 400k disks. . . right? Could I download system 3 and MacWrite and MacDraw on my iBook. I do have an external floppy drive. Move it to the Classic and make the boot disk there. I don't actually need to make the boot disk on a 400k drive, do I? The Superdrive should work.
Does anyone have a system that they recommend? I was thinking 3 but the floppy driven Macs are a new world for me and I could use all the help that I can get I had a little surprise when I brought this 512k home this weekend. I was curious about the history of it, so I turned it over to get the serial number and model number. The first thing I noticed is that the model number is the same as a 128k. Then I researched the serial number and discovered that it was made in Fremont, California the 50th week of 1983. . . more then a month before the first 128k went on sale. Anyway, it must have been converted to a 512k by Apple Service because the back half of the cabinet says "Apple 512k". Does anyone know what week that the factories started producing the first 128k's? Thanks for any help. David On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:34 PM, D. Finnigan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > &gOn Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:17:09 -0600, [email protected] wrote: > > I have a plus that is one of the 1mb factory upgrades from Apple. I > > can't remember if a 512 has 400 or 800k drives, but guess that doesn't > > matter if email can work. The system is old enough that when you look > > under the apple menu it just says something to the effect of Apple > > Macintosh System - I think it is 4.x or 5.x > > > > 512k Mac had 400k drives. The Plus was the first Mac with a double-sided > 800k disk drive. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
