MacintoshSE1987
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Thanks. I just had an idea: External SCSI to SD. That answers my question for the floppy ideas. But you can't beat original floppies.
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Got a Macintosh! Now What?
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Phipli
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I'm afraid that this is why I suggested getting a FloppyEmu, there isn't a "good" way of writing 400k or 800k disks from a modern computer.
MacintoshSE1987
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By the way, post any pictures of your Macs! The fun is seeing everyones idea of the ideal Classic Mac(intosh)
MacintoshSE1987
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Oh, that makes more sense.
Phipli
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Yes you can! Absolutely any other media!
MacintoshSE1987
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Phipli
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The picture is slightly dishonest - I have a card that will drive the big screen, but have never got the card to work as it should. But otherwise, this is my 1987 Macintosh SE that I have had since the late 90s, and has been in the family since the mid 90s. It's name is Merlin, I don't know why, but it's hard disk has been called that since before we owned it and I've never had the heart to change it.
It currently has a 50MHz 030 upgrade and 16MB of RAM.
MacintoshSE1987
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True. I can be a traditionalist at times.Yes you can! Absolutely any other media!
Phipli
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It has an SD card Slot and an onboard menu system for selecting disks. It can use disk images up to 2GB.
What you choose is up to you though.
cheesestraws
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The Floppy Emu is a really good piece of engineering IMO.
MacintoshSE1987
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It's... It's beautiful! Nice setup!
Phipli
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I stopped using floppy disks as soon as anything else was available. They were a nightmare. Newer beige Macs often wouldn't read disks from older machines, disks would go bad, you can never fit enough on an 800k disk...True. I can be a traditionalist at times.
MacintoshSE1987
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Thanks for the tip.
ClassicGuyPhilly
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You alright, I learned it by watching you! For those non-US folks, or the younger set, this was a classic 1980's anti-drug PSA that was played over and over (and over) again on TV. I think we can safely substitute Vintage Macs for the drugs.So in order to make an SE productive, you have to get another Mac. I see what you are doing.
And in order to make the bridge machine more useful, you need to have other Macs to connect to it.
And might as well get it over with...since @MacintoshSE1987 is new, should be warned to watch out for @joshc and @Phipli .
Perfect example, Josh mocks me immediately after I plug his awesome machut site. No love
MacintoshSE1987
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haha!You alright, I learned it by watching you! For those non-US folks, or the younger set, this was a classic 1980's anti-drug PSA that was played over and over (and over) again on TV. I think we can safely substitute Vintage Macs for the drugs.
And might as well get it over with...since @MacintoshSE1987 is new, should be warned to watch out for @joshc and @Phipli .
Perfect example, Josh mocks me immediately after I plug his awesome machut site. No love
Phipli
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@MacintoshSE1987 he's just sore because he hasn't found himself a tidy Powerbook Pismo yet.You alright, I learned it by watching you! For those non-US folks, or the younger set, this was a classic 1980's anti-drug PSA that was played over and over (and over) again on TV. I think we can safely substitute Vintage Macs for the drugs.
And might as well get it over with...since @MacintoshSE1987 is new, should be warned to watch out for @joshc and @Phipli .
Perfect example, Josh mocks me immediately after I plug his awesome machut site. No love
Phipli
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That's a nice Pismo joshc
MacintoshSE1987
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Woah...
ClassicGuyPhilly
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