she wants to give it away to someone i think On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Cyrus Griffin <[email protected]>wrote:
> > What exactly is your question? I too, got a Mac Plus with no > accessories, but I was able to get a keyboard on eBay (Quite hard to > find, actually) a mouse from a neighbor, and an external HD from my > dad. (eBay, thrift store, pawn shop, LEM swap would be viable outlets > to look for these, also) You can download and make System 6 boot > floppies (800k) from Apple; here's a link: > > http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_6.0.x/ > That had downloadable images for Systems 6.0.3, 6.0.5, and 6.0.8 > (there are 4 images for each, I would suggest 6.0.8 for a Plus) And, > depending on what other hardware you have, these can be made on an > older Mac with a floppy drive and Disk Copy; I found taping over the > hole in a 1.44Mb floppy worked great, I made these on my IIsi, and > also a Beige Minitower dual booting in 10.4.11 and 9.2.2. Hope that > helps! (Just to let you know-- the Plus doesn't include a hard drive, > so when you get it and it just comes up with the ? disk, it's probably > fine, just without a system to boot on) > > Alternatively, you can get an external floppy drive, some boot > floppies, and use it that way. I understand this was quite popular > back in the 80s. > > > -Cyrus > > > > On Mar 13, 2009, at 6:46 PM, Jamie Sherman wrote: > > > > > I was given a mac plus in Princeton Nj. As much as I would like to > > play with it, I have a dissertation to finish. I understand it works > > (haven't tried it), and it comes with keyboard but no mouse and no > > floppies. > > > > > > > > > > -- Level Two Admin at Everystuff Tew [sa-mp] Furry!!!! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
