>Greece is in Southern Europe, and Athens in the southern part of the >country (mainland, not islands). That's like saying, "There ought to be >some 800k floppies not too far from Philadelphia. Maybe in Maine or >South Carolina?" I guess he could look around in Egypt, it's about as >close. Although why would there be old Macs in Eastern Europe anyway? > >On Wednesday, May 22, 2002, at 11:56 PM, rlf9 wrote: > >> There ought to be some 800k floppies available around your part of the >> world. Maybe in eastern Europe? > >-- >John Koen >cellist, The Philadelphia Orchestra >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.johnfkoen.com >
(After I managed somehow to stop laughing): Hats off to the both of you: Bob for seeing Europe as it should be - one place to live and share. And John for making clear that, while distances may be different from american proportions, it's not just going from Greece to France or Iceland for tea and picking up a couple of floppies. Macs in eastern Europe - (remember Jakub Friedl?) Rare and far between. So let's sponsor them. As shipping from Germany to Greece isn't just as expropriative as it is from the U.S. of A., I'd be willing to mail to @angelo just the couple of 800k floppies he needs, eventually containing one piece or another of system software useful on a Plus, if he mails me his snailmail address offlist. But there's one thing that worries me about this Plus: What if it were a semi-upgraded 512 with a 400k floppy (if such a thing exists)? That would be an explanation for the "Plus" not accepting HD floppies formatted as 800k on the external floppy drive attached to the iMac. Notwithstanding the usual warnings against fooling an 800k drive into taking a HD disk for a DD by taping the hole, as this trick may turn out as a very provisional solution. But I think this subject is covered in the FAQ to your heart's delight. Anyway, I don' feel it was too bright to give him these disks with the Plus ;-). Cheers, OM /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect for open standards -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
