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Source for MAC-format floppies

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Hemingray

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Hey all, just joined today. had to get the message out, if you need floppies for your old mac (I myself, own a classic), you can get them at walmart (10 for $4 or so). they come in the neon colors, but who cares about the color? they work well and you don't need to format PC disks. lol




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Murlyn

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I need to get rid of all of mine :) I have hundreds I imagine.. no idea what's on them :)
 
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I went through all of mine. Placed what wanted on one CD and trashed all the floppies. lol :p
 
witeshark

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I got my Mac way after the floppy drive was discontinued. Nice to know though! :)
 
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Hemingray

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Kinda figured apple dropped the floppy, unfortunately for me, that's ALL my mac can use (an old 8Mhz Classic). lol
 
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OMG that is awesome! If you don't wanna keep it e-mail me!
 
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Hemingray

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lol. nice to ask, but yea I still use it quite alot. i used to own a Performa 460 back in the heyday of 68k macs, had alot of fun games i downloaded off of AOL with my trusty 2400bps modem, brings back memories playing those games on an old mac again. :)
 

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