Hi, The original Mac 128K had a 400K 3.5 diskette drive. The drive was multi-speed... As it read the disk you would hear it changing RPM... Pretty cool and very slow. To get it to boot up, you'd have to get someone who had some 400K (DD) floppies to create you some boot diskettes. 800K or 1.44M will not work. Do NOT make it to a goddamn fishtank. If you get that desperate let me know and I'll buy it from you as long as the price is right. Charles
On Nov 30, 3:55 pm, dshipwright <[email protected]> wrote: > I joined a few weeks ago and have been reading, in anticipation of > getting this Mac. My brother-in-law said he'd give it to me - and I > took it when he came for Thanksgiving. > > I guess it's an original. Model M0001, without the 128K badge on the > back. Pretty nice condition with a soft-case, external floppy. But > no software. The disks are all bad. I expected worse - like a mouse > (mammal-type) eaten case, but was pleasantly surprised to get this > thing that actually powers-up > > I'm a Linux guy - Redhat, SUSE, now Ubuntu. (Before that I was a > xxxxxx guy). I have an upgraded NSLUG2 as a workhorse home backup & > mp3 server. I even have a 4/586 chip computer with an identity crisis > - thinks it's a 1984 IBM running MVS 3.8j and only reads 80-char > lines. > > Anyway, one my boxes could read the diskettes if they were good, but > age took it's toll. > > Is there anyway I can get this thing to run? I really want to show my > teen son what computing was in the early home-computing days. I think > even tho it's an antique, it's too nice to make into a fish-bowl. > Should I look to some local group? -- ----- 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/
