Hi, Sorry but did I miss something? All PC's can read 720K format floppies, and a Plus will be able to as well. You SHOULD be able to format your HD floppies as DD. At the a command prompt on any PC (Windows or Dos) you type format a:/F:720 to get a 720k disk. Now maybe I am wrong, but wont the Plus see it as a "IBM Disk" and write to it? If you get a format failure on the PC, then try format a:/F:720/U (some times you need the U uncondisitional switch to get a HD to format in Double). You can also use a PC serial to Mac serial and use Xterm or CrossTalk or any comm program to get the two to talk, thou slowly). How about an external ZIP+ drive. Will plus into both Mac SCSI and PC Parrlell. Thou I dont remember if the ZIP driver for Mac will run on a Plus.
I am lost at why this is so difficult...? Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 3:21 PM Subject: Re: Getting files off a Plus > My Reply follows quote. On 16/06/2004 11:58 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > >Yes, but the original poster, with only a Mac Plus, can't use a 1.44mb disk. > > > >Bob > > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken" > >> Yes, but Macs with 1.44mb floppy drives can write to PC formatted > >> floppies. > -------- > I guess I was "piling on" the idea of grabbing a dirt cheap Mac with > a 1.44mb drive (a couple of $$ at a Goodwill store), connecting the > SCSI drive to that machine or copying the needed files to 800k disks, > and then placing the files on 1.44mb PC formatted floppies. > > Perhaps a bit of a pain, but... > > Ken > > -- > 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> > --> 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/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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> --> 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
