get a copy of MS Works 1.1 and do File > Open from inside that program

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Bill Wright <[email protected]>wrote:

> Thanks for your replies. My MAC SE can read the disks of my MAC PLUS,
> however it cannot launch the program necessary to execute the file into
> action. In this case its MS Works 1.1 that I need to run my spread sheet
> files. Any suggestions please?
>
> --- On *Fri, 1/1/10, James Fraser 
> <[email protected]>*wrote:
>
>
> From: James Fraser <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Need for software - MAC PLUS to MAC SE
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Friday, January 1, 2010, 1:33 AM
>
>
> Hello,
>
> --- On Thu, 12/31/09, Bill Wright 
> <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]>>
> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have software that will allow a MAC SE to read and
> > recognize MAC PLUS software and files at a reasonable price
> > and on floppies?
>
> A Mac SE will read and write Mac Plus files without the need for any
> special software.  Both machines have DS/DD floppy drives (late-model SEs
> have the 1.44 MB SuperDrive) and a 68000 processor.  Even if you have a
> late-model SE, you should be able to read floppies from the Plus with no
> trouble (though moving files from a SuperDrive equipped SE *back* to a
> standard DS/DD drive on a Plus might not work, depending on the media).
>
> Assuming both disk drives in both machines are in working order, (something
> that's not always a given in vintage machines) getting an SE to read a
> floppy from a Plus shouldn't be any more complex than taking the floppy out
> of the Plus' drive and inserting it into that of the SE.
>
> (Perhaps there's another dimension to what you're trying to do that I'm
> overlooking?)
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> James Fraser
>
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