Of course! I think reading IBM disks started with, and I could be incorrect, with System 7.3.x, but I'm not totally sure. My only System 6 Mac, and old Classic, when bonkers on me eons ago, so I don't know. Since then, I only install Mac OS 7.5.3 and up. I have Mac OS 7.5.5 on my Color Classic, and that must be a default option from that point on to read IBM disks. I'm sure there must be an application or program that may read IBM disks on old Mac OS Systems. Only place I can point to is Macintosh Garden.
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Dean <[email protected]> wrote: > Tyrone, Christian and Gregg- > > Thanks so much for your responses. You gave me a lot of info that I > have to digest and consider. Some of what you wrote was over my head > technically, so when I have a minute, I'll be asking some questions, > if you don't mind. > > One question I have right now is how can I copy files to a PC-DOS > floppy? If I insert anything but a mac-formatted floppy into the > Quadra, I'll get a message something like "this disk is unreadable, do > you want to initialize it?" > > Again, thanks for your suggestions. > > Dean > > > > On Feb 21, 12:37 am, Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> wrote: > > What might be best right now is to copy the files to PC-DOS floppies > (except those that are too large, of course). > > > > Then on some Windows PC, import the data to Excel or a database program > or even into an old version of MS Works. > > > > Then export back to new Mac format Works 3.0 files, if there's any > difference between the Mac and Windows data files. > > > > That should clean the files of any bugs or malicious content. > > > > You could have a macro virus in the normal.dot template file. A cure for > that is to delete normal.dot and extract a clean copy of the original from > the Works install disks. > > > > Then lock normal.dot (or set the Read Only attribute on the DOS or > Windows version.) > > > > normal.dot macro viruses used to be a huge problem for Works and Office, > especially since many of them were nasty on both Mac and Windows versions. > > -- > ----- > 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/ > -- Tyrone L. Warbasse, http://www.totallyparanoia.com/ http://www.myspace.com/coffee4binky/ "¿Cuál es tu nombre? Vete a la mierda, ese es mi nombre!" Twitter: coffee4binky AOL/AIM: detectiveragga Yahoo! Chat: thematrixreformatted YouTube: coffee4binky Also, find me on Facebook! -- ----- 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/
