On Jan 17, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Charles Davis wrote:
> > > 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. > > Nope, no ethernet... floppy looks like our only bet Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 208-935-0992 eBay ID: Bluebedheads w/290+ pos. feedback --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
