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03-14-2011, 04:54 PM
I have a question. Now that I have acquired a old Macintosh 512k, I want to run software on it. I was looking around on this site for disk images. http://homepage.mac.com/chinesemac/e....html#System_2 I want to make the disks on a PC with Windows XP. (That is because I only have one computer with a floppy drive... and it is a PC.) So, is it possible to create MFS (Macintosh File System) floppies on a PC? |
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03-23-2011, 03:33 PM
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- You start/boot the computer with a "System" floppy disk (a disk with a complete OS on it) - then you eject the 'System Disk"...choose "Format Disk" from the proper drop down menu - then insert the floppy disk you want to format - the computer should begin formatting it Hope this helps, - Nick - Computer slow, too many "beachballs", read this: Beachballs - Computer seems slower than it used to? Read this for some speedup tips: Speedup - Almost full hard drive? Some solutions. Out of Space - Apple Battery Info. Battery |
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03-23-2011, 03:55 PM
Not only is the floppy format different, but the 512K uses a very old disk format that OSX would even have difficulty with, let alone Windows XP Your best bet is to use what I would call a bridge mac, in my case getting data onto an Apple SE30 involved getting data from my Macbook to my G4 and then on to a SCSI portable disk, but the 512K doesn't even have SCSI. You would be best off getting a bargain pre imac G3 running system like this, or something earlier but with ethernet running at least system 8.6, like a quadra or centris model - have a look around the low end mac site and do some shopping Beige Power Mac G3/300, G3/333, G3/366 You will also need some single sided 400K floppy disks, I dont know where you would get these With a little work you should be able to network a 90s mac to your XP machine over ethernet - or connect it to a router directly, transfer disk images and get them onto 400K floppies to the Mac 512K A 90s mac running system 9 should be very cheap on ebay Beige Power Mac G3/300, G3/333, G3/366 |
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07-17-2011, 08:30 AM
Great advice! Zoom, Any luck with any of this? I have the exact same situation (but instead of great disk image archives and XP, I've got links to those archives and a Snow Leopard Mac)... Thanks, Chris H. http://homepage.mac.com/chinesemac/e...sk_images.html Working with Macintosh Floppy Disks in the New Millennium Macintosh 512K | The Mac 512 Apple Macintosh 512k Specs @ EveryMac.com |
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