Mac Plus software needed
I have an original 128K Mac that has been upgraded to a 1MB Mac Plus that is being readied for sale. Unfortunately, somewhere in this mess I have managed to lose the OS boot floppy. I have the complete set of System 7 install diskettes, but the proFile they had been loaded on went south. Anybody happen to have this disk?
Also open to offers if anyone is interested in buying. This includes the Mac soft case, extended keyboard, mouse, case cracker tool and long-shaft torx, internal vent fan, and the back case with the signatures of all the folks who worked on the original Mac, including that of Steve Jobs.
Thanks.
You have two other options open to you: Apple still offers disk images of Mac OS 6.0.x for download, though you need a way to move .sea files from the internet all the way down to a Mac capable of writing a 800k disk, no mean feat for sure. That downloads page is here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA48312#system
There is also someone selling ready-made disks from these images:
http://rescuemyclassicmac.com/
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Buddy, can you spare a mouse for a Mac Plus?
Well, I've tried to make the topic as descriptive as possible. I've got a Mac Plus and need to get an old document from its innards, but I have lost the mouse. Does anyone know where I can find one for sale in the UK, so that I can get my hands on it as soon as possible? Or maybe maybe maybe someone can lend me one for a day?
Thanks very much for your advice and assistance.
Best wishes to all, George
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there is a reference to the HD20 on that site, here:
http://www.vintagemacworld.com/hd20.html
but alas, no pictures.
Based on the torturous Startup sequence described in that article, I don't think George has an HD20.
>"It is my understanding that such hard drives are configured to work with a Mac Plus alone; their configuration is such that their contents couldn't be accessed by a more recent Mac."The Mac Plus required that you use a special format that put the next-numbered sector staggered every third sector around the disk. If you did not, the Plus was so slow it would miss the next-numbered sector if they were sequentially numbered, and still miss if they were every-other. The drive would have to endure an entire revolution of the disk to read the next sector.
If you missed the data at 3600 RPM = 60 spins/sec, or .016+ seconds, or 16.7 milliseconds additional per sector.
But the point is that that format is compatible and can be read just fine by SCSI-equipped Macs. -
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Try serial number and activation chat support (non-CC)
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/service1.html ( http://adobe.ly/1aYjbSC ) -
i have a Mac i5 and need to download the application 'Numbers' but everytime I try to do so, it says can't do as the ver 2.2 for the app needs new software 'Snow Leopard'. I don't want to upgrade but dont know what to do??
If your profile is correct you're already on the final version of Snow Leopard (10.6.8). Sure it wasn't Lion it was asking for?
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Not completely iBook G4 Related, but I put this here since this is my primary computer. Before the HD failed and I had Panther, I had a nice little piece of software that let me look up info on every Mac and Apple ever made, and to hear their startup tones. I need to find this piece of software since I'm going away and won't be able to access the internet (if I could I'd use applehistory.com like I usually do) and I'm writing a paper on the history of the Mac, plus, a startup chime can cheer me up at times (don't ask.) So, does anyone know what the software if, where it's located, and if it even exists anymore?
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Trials w/ Mini Vmac emulating Mac Plus to play Sid Meier's Pirates
I was up for swashbuckling on the high seas & bought the classic game, Pirates, from Ebay. Using Mini Vmac, I've got the emulator running & then did a crash & burn when getting Pirates to start. The Mini Vmac site seems spotty regarding directions for adding software, like games to the Mac Plus desk top emulation. I may need to make the game into a ROM file for the Mac Plus to see Pirates, but don't know how.
I tried opening original apple software Disk Copy 4.2 to make a disk image for the emulator but the vmac didn't recognize the file and wanted to initialize it, maybe because Disk Copy 4.2.sea had an extension that Stuffit expander 11 didn't convert to a usable file b/4 making the disk image. SetFType.dimg couldn't make a mountable file either.
Glad to have the mini vmac emulator working, but I'm not on the high seas yet, any suggestions?
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4-MB Mac Plus and AppleCD 300i Plus
Can anyone help me with this dilemma? I am trying to (if possible at all) to hook up an either internal or external CD-ROM (AppleCD300i Plus or 300e) so I can upgrade my system from 6.08 to 7.5.3. I have an external 40 mb SCSI hard drive that is currently booting up to System 6.08.
I just bought a System 7.5.3 CD from E-bay and I want to be able to hook up either an internal (is this possible on mac plus?) or external CD-ROM to boot up from CD and either re-format the 40 mb hard drive with the System 7.5.3.
I have never used the Mac Plus before as I am/was a WIndows guy and this Mac Plus gizmo I bought off flea market for $10 is really fascinating. I want to maximaize this with any help I can get from here. Thanks in advance.Grant has already covered the important aspects. If I may add a few comments.
I order for me to access the CD-Rom, I need to install this "CD-ROM" driver on my exisitng SCSI hard drive?
Yes, or onto a bootable floppy.
To do so, am I to understand that I need somehow to download the driver first and then trasport it onto a 800k floppy, then install this ONTO / INTO the existing SCSI hard drive which currently is populated (co-exist) with System v 6.0.8?
Yes. System 6.0.8 is a good and fast operating system for the Macintosh Plus, but it is more difficult to find the appropriate driver software (and the installation per se may be slightly more complicated than with the System 7 variants).
I was hoping to completely re-format the hard drive with fresh install from the System 7.5.3 CD-ROM I purchased from E-Bay. Is this not possible?
Since we do not know exactly which CD it is (model specific?) it is hard to answer that. But you could, as Grant also said, use a Disk Tools floppy and the Apple HD SC Setup utility on it. However, at this stage (when the bootable hard disk is the only bootable disk at hand) it does not hurt to wait a little. Anyway, the Disk Tools floppy will have to be produced first, and that is a problem. You can not do this on a PC, since a built-in PC floppy drive is unable to handle the 800K Mac format, not even with special software for Mac disks. The same is true for external USB floppy drives, whether connected to a modern Mac or to a PC. The only way to create an 800K Disk Tools floppy is on an older Mac (look for a model with a floppy drive for both 800K and 1.44 MB).
If a completely fresh install to a System 7.5.3 is impossible, what recourse do I have in terms of upgrading the System from 6.0.8 to 7.5.3?
You could erase the hard disk, once a Disk Tools floppy is available, and then install System 7.5.3, This can be done from the CD (if a bootable floppy can be modified to hold a suitable CD-ROM driver) or from the nineteen files download (each file is too large for an 800K floppy and must thus be segmented or carried over via cable). As mentioned earlier, modifications et cetera require access to another Mac.
Does a version little bit earlier, like, 7.0.1 or something come with a CD-ROM driver extension on a "bootable" floppy (800k)so that I can first boot up with such floppy and then initiate reformat from the CD-ROM.
Not ready made with CD-ROM software. The System 7.0.1 disks at the Apple site are 1.44 MB. There are System 7 disks in the 800K format (in some language versions), but if I remember correctly, the Disk Tools floppy has a system file which is basically System 6. Any Disk Tools floppy will have to be modified. We will certainly find one way or another to create/modify a floppy, as soon as you have access to another Mac.
Also, I only have access to PC based machine connected to the internet. If I do download into my PC based system, is there a way to trasport such file onto a floppy disk on a PC system?
Due to the aforementioned absolute inability to handle the 800K Mac format, a PC is far from ideal in this very case. I would suggest that you look for another inexpensive (and functional) Mac from the period approx. 1991 to 1997 (perhaps an older PowerBook), e.g. through an online auction site.
A question in this context, though: Do you have a terminal emulator with file transfer capabilities for Mac on the hard disk (or possibly on 800K Mac floppies)? This could be a separate program or the communications section of e.g. ClarisWorks (I do not remember whether Microsoft Works for Macintosh contained a corresponding part). That would make transfers from other computers (including PCs) possible, or at least easier.
Jan -
How do I find the serial number for my VirusBarrier Plus software downloaded from App Store
I have dowloaded VirusBarrier Plus software from the apps store and need a serial number to register. How do I find the serial number.
PeterI would recommend contacting the vendor or maker of the software for support.
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I have a Mac pro(1 free bay) and a mac mini I need to back up both of them (time machine) Is it better to use an external NAS HD or an internal hard drive on my mac pro (mid 2010)
What option has the faster GB/s?Disk drive using native SATA bus interface will allow the drive to copy and always present and ready.
But once you have backup any hourly changes should be smaller and as long as the NAS and your switch should allow enough.
You should always have off line backups and don't rely on just one backup set or just TimeMachine.
WD RED models are designed for RAID and NAS and 7.2k instead of your more standard slower green 5400 rpm green models while still costing less than WD Blacks.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008JJLW4M/
How to clone your system:
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone-backup.html
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone.html
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
Using Cloning as a Backup Strategy
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
http://www.bombich.com/software/updates/ccc-3.5.html
Clone to internal, TimeMachine to NAS is one way to go at it. -
How to create 800K disks for Mac Plus
I've acquired a Mac Plus in good working condition, but it's just standalone. Eventually I want to network it, but for right now, is there a way to use my Mac Mini or a PC to create 800k disks for the Mac Plus? Things like OS upgrades and other software are available out on the net, but I can't get them to the Plus. I've tried a USB floppy disk drive on the Mini, but it only works with HD diskettes.
sacsr,
"Can I take MacPlus-appropriate software from the internet, burn it on a CD on my Mac Mini, and load it into the Mac Plus?
Yes! : ) That simple. The Plus was the first 'business Mac' and I loved it until I got a dual floppy SE with an external SCSI HD and an excellerator card with a math co-processor. It was a very capable computer. But, as soon as you used a faster Mac, you never went back to the Plus. You could fix lunch while waiting for disk swapping to boot and load MS Word 3.
What we are saying is that the SCSI bus on the Mac Plus has far more options available for someone shopping for resources.
We have over 300 Macs of almost every model. We have been given over 100 floppy drives. We shop at government surplus stores and auctions. In all that stuff, we only have a couple of 800 k drives but hundreds of SCSI devices. They are SO much easier to find and are so much cheaper to buy and customize.
If you can find a Macintosh 800K (M131) floppy drive, great. Then you also have the problem of finding double density floppy disks ( high density disks with tape over the hole are not reliable in the older drives.)
here is a website with the whole list:
http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/drives.html
I remember buying an 800k floppy drive new in 1986 for several hundred Dollars. The external CD-ROM drives sold for $300.
It will probably be much easier to find an Apple 300 or 600i CD-ROM drive that should read CDs burned in your modern Mac. Your original question was about floppies. The real question is "How do I get data from a new computer to an old computer." That question offers more possibilities. I am suggesting a better and cheaper alternative. Having fun with older equipment requires purchasing intermediate equipment.
Jim
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