Yes that absolutely the problem. You can format a 1.44 disc with a Plus or whatever for 800k , but you then cannot use that disc in a more modern machine with a 1.44 drive because it will ruin the formatting.
So you are stuck. i had to get a guy in Canada to send me some 800k system 6 discs for my Plus which I promptly ruined by sticking them in a 1.44 USB drive to take a back up of them. So I'm in the same boat, I need to make 800k floppies with a system image on and the only machine that will do it needs the images to boot. I will have another look at it when I get home tomorrow night, see if i can coax the old 10mb HDD into life and see if I can make some images and send them out to you. On 16 Jun 2011, at 15:38, a...@interfree.it wrote: > >> I have an old Macintosh SE that can't handle 1.44mb floppy disks > > As far as I know, the problem is that also if you have an image you need to > write the disk with old mac: but you can format 1.44 in the mac format (400k > or 800k) This is due to a different format type on oldest mac. > > > > Angelo > -------------------------------- > Ever tried. > Ever failed. > No matter. > Try again. > Fail again. > Fail better. > (Samuel Beckett) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Valore legale alle tue mail > InterfreePEC - la tua Posta Elettronica Certificata > http://pec.interfree.it > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > ----- > 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
