PC floppy drives can't do variable RPM which is required for a Mac 800k format (its how us PC users only get 720k out of the same physical disk). what it is is that a Mac floppy drive spins the disk slower (faster?) as it gets towards the outside of the disk physically, so more data can be stored in the otherwise wasted space. PC floppy drives run at 300RPM no matter what and therefore cannot write or even read an 800k Mac disk.
you need to find a Mac with a "SuperDrive" 1.44MB floppy drive - a PC can make Mac 1.4MB disks and such a Mac would also be able to then make 800k disks. that is, an intermediatary machine to go from the disks a PC is capable of making to the 800k format only vintage Macs can read. go get a Macintosh Classic, Classic II, SE/30, or a PPC-based Mac with an internal floppy drive. these should all have the SuperDrive capable of reading the 1.4MB Mac format that a PC can easily put out. you didn't mention weather you had any kind of communications package on the SE. if you had a terminal app you could obtain the right serial cable and connect the SE to a PC and do file transfers that way. i believe HyperTerminal could be used on Windows 2000 for the PC end, but i don't know. you could make a set of 800k install disks on the Mac SE's floppy drive for System 6 - i don't think System 7 came on anything except 1.4MB and CD-ROM. that, and System 7 probably wouldn't be very fast on an SE. i have a Classic here, which is supposed to be about the same spec as an SE but with a SuperDrive and no expansion slot. it runs System 7 horribly. but you could def get some programs on to the SE thru the serial port (it has a hard drive installed right?) On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 5:55 PM, D. Finnigan <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:52:51 -0500, Robert Nelson > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > i have a computer running windows 2000 it has a floppy drive > > > > is there a program i can install to to write to these disks > > Probably not. Macintosh 800k disks are rather unique. > > -- > ----- > 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]<vintage-macs%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ >
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