Anyhow, speaking of that huge box of software, I've noticed that many of the disks are more than seventeen years old, and I have a feeling that the magnetic media may not hold up for a whole lot longer. So far, I've only found one disk that I can't get running. (Unfortunately, it's a game on the wantlist at mac.the-underdogs.org!) I'd like to archive them into some more reliable form (something optical, CD's perhaps). I'm not sure how many of you have looked into the hardware differences between the Mac floppy and the PC floppy, so I'll try to make a little explination here, hopefully without going into too much detail, or confusing myself. :)

The Apple SuperDrive, or FDHD, was developed with compatability with PC disks in mind. As such, the new 1.44MB format Mac disk was formulated with an architecture similar to that used on the PC. But, since the double- and single-sided disks came out much earlier, they lack this compatability. So, a 1.44MB PC drive can read Mac 1.44MB disks without anything more than some special software, but anything less than that is impossible, from a hardware standpoint. (Correct me if I'm wrong, please, it would be a lot easier to archive these disks if all I have to do is stick them in my PC and image them.)

So, the easiest way I can see to archive these disks is make the images, and then transfer them over the network (via TCP/IP or IPX/SPX preferably) to my PC. I have a Dayna ethernet card installed in my SE, so I'd like a little help, if anyone has some to offer! AppleTalk isn't out of the question, but I'll have to do it over Linux or FreeBSD, as Microsoft pulled AppleTalk support from WinXP for some reason...

Oh, and by the way, I will eventually compile a list of this software (and there is a LOT) and post it up here.

--Beanie

How many Macs do I own?

Two:
MacSE SuperDrive running System 7.0.1, souped up with 4MB RAM.
Mac Classic, unfortunately dead, and slated to become an aquarium.

Failing that, there's always a null modem connection and transfer via a terminal programme.

~Marchie

--Beanie

google is your friend :) try install basilisk II on your PC, and fololow the instructions to get ethernet support (Basilisk II is an emulator for 68k Macs) and you can use XP to transfer between your boxen. Gemul8r explorer is good for writing disk copy images to/from disks using a PC, easier than RAWriting the things. TransMac is a utility for reading Mac disks in PCs and also creating mac disks, and creating a resource fork on all files you transfer with file type/creator.

anyway, good luck on archiving all of those mac disks.
if you get Basilisk working, Play MARATHON!!!!!

download it from here:
http://www.hot.ee/macgames/

CCC

Editor of the printed word, Ministry of 68k Truths (mini6)
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PowerCD, SE 4/40, Classic II 4/40, IIx 8/160, IIvi 8/260, Quadra 650 32/260, Mac Quadra 650 64/350 via basilisk II, iMac 333 160/6G

Doesn't it require a 512K ROM? The SE's is only 256.

--Beanie

And now I remember why I stopped using Netscape. The older versions parse really slow. (They do on the PC too.)

I'll get that list up sooner or later.

(Hmm... should I write my C++ assignment in Symantec C++ for the Mac? Might be fun...)

--Beanie

With Basilisk, though, conceivably I could turn it into a 68K Mac! The revenge of Macintosh. Would Basilisk work on a PC this old?

/Mr Lynn

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