also;
be careful, using high density disks (1.44mb) as 800k disks is iffy at best.
brand new 1.44mb disks formatted as 800k disks will usually work a few
times, then quit working (errors).
used 1.44mb disks will usually have problems formatted for 800k...
the best way is to get 800k disks (DSDD).
and have someone build the images you want on a SE or LC mac.
i have had luck with : http://www.oldsoftware.com/
for DSDD disks (800k)
good luck;
dale
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From: "Charles Lowndes" <charlie.lowndes@/gmail.com>
To: <vintage-macs@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: Need to write 800k floppy disks for my Macintosh
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
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