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Word processing on imac3/15/2023 ![]() ![]() Insert into drive, power on, good to go (or power on, insert into drive, to be honest I've not used anything older than a Mac Classic in the real world)Ī Power Mac G3 might serve as a good middle manager. To answer your other questions the SYSTEM TOOLS diskette should be the one you need to boot the OS. You'd possibly be able to move the data via LAN You might need an early 90s computer to work as a sort of middle manager which can handle the older formats as well as some of the newer ones. Hardware recommendation - Which USB floppy drives can read HFS-formatted 400K & 800K floppies? - Ask Different Like I said, the big challenge will be getting any files you generate from the computer to a newer system where you could email it or print it or whatever.įloppy Drive Observations: A Compleat Guide to Mac Floppy Drives and Disk Formats | Low End Mac I had a peak through Google on this for you because I was not to sure of the answer myself. and, by the time i get text documents working, i assume i have to save them to a floppy on the external drive? does anybody know how to make sense of any of this? the standard MacWrite program would probably be perfect but i have no clue where to find it. i have floppies for "system tools" and "macintosh utilities" but no idea what i'm supposed to do with them. if only i can figure out how to use it!Īpple Macintosh Plus Computer with Kayboard Mouse External Drive | eBayĪnyway, i can't even figure out how to get the OS going on it. i know it might not make sense, but i am certain the machine is perfect. some writers use old-fashioned typewriters or write by hand, but i can't think of anything more suited to my own creative process than the original mac. also, because it was conceived by steve as a machine of "insane beauty" and "truth," it has this bizarre history as a piece of art. To answer the "why questions - though i've got new systems that are way easier and more efficient, the original mac really made sense to me as a distraction-free device (no internet is good). all is much appreciated as i really have no clue what i'm dealing with. First, thanks to everybody for your replies and input. ![]()
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