🚀 go-pugleaf

Paul Mitchum wrote:
 

>pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote:
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>>Ron Parsons wrote:
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>>>In article <4kXUd.179999$K7.88555@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
>>>pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote:
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>>>>Thanks for that. I've just started using this mac, and a problem I have
>>>>is that when I dl a file onto the PC (which is the only one connected to
>>>>the internet) and then transfer it to the Mac via floppy/zip, the Mac
>>>>sees it as a PC file, and doesn't know what to do with it. How can I dl
>>>>files onto the PC and get them to the Mac as Mac files? (This is what
>>>>happened with this one).
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>>>It is very easy to connect a 7300 to the internet. That would solve a
>>>lot of your headache.
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>>I would prefer not to for the simple reason that being old 
>>hardware/software, and with no AV protection or firewall, it would be
>>very vulnerable to hacking, viruses, etc.,
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>You might consider making a backup of your 7300, connecting it to the
>internet, downloading the file, and then disconnecting it, if it's so
>worrisome to you.
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That brings me to a question that I intended to ask.. How do I make an 
image file of the hard drive?  (to be able to reconstruct it?)
 
Thanks,
 
Pete
(aka dumb Mac user)
 

>Then again, it's pretty well understood that Macs, particularly from the
>pre-os X days, didn't fall prey to hacking or viruses.
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>I seem to remember that once upon a time, there was a contest to see who
>could hack into a stock Mac (running OS 9, I think) hooked up to the
>internet. There was a cash prize. No one was able to claim it.
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I'm thinking that I will connect then. I have a dial up account and 
modem I can use. (PC is on broadband)


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