On Jan 17, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
> > well, I know it's got a built-in floppy drive... if I get a USB floppy > for the emac, that should work fine for the file transfer... unless I > need to reformat the disk on the emac side? that would be not so good. > you know if the current mac format is the same as macs of that era? > Jeff Expect it to NOT be. That way you may get a pleasant surprise. On the USB Floppy, the problem is to find an external floppy drive that will write something current in the way of 'disk format', that will let it be readable when it gets to the eMac. Most of the external peripherals in those days were SCSI --- Does it have an 'Ethernet' connection, by chance? Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
