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What can I do with a 1Meg 1 floppy Mac+?

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From: Nick Rothwell
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1988 13:08
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Well, after several months of following comp.sys.mac and trying to get
genned up on the folklore, It looks as if I'll be able to buy myself a Mac+
at last. I intend to buy it pretty soon for various reasons (including tax!),
but won't be able to afford any add-ons (memory, HD, etc.) for a while. I do
want to have a go at Mac programming, though.
   So, my question is: what will I be able to do with my 1Meg 1 floppy Mac+
whilst saving up for more memory/HD?
   Can I run Lightspeed C from a single floppy? I don't mind too much if it's
a little painful as long as I can get some experience writing fairly small
Toolbox programs. Is it copy-protected, or can I back it up? Will I be able
to shift my copy onto a hard disk later?
   Can I run multifinder? I'd like to get familiar with it, even if I can't
switch between enormous tasks.
   Wot about Hypercard? I'm not fussed about creating large stacks (I can
be patient for that), but I wouldn't mind having a bash at writing a few
scripts, for familiarisation.
   ...am I being too ambitious for a basic machine? Or will it be fine for
getting up to speed?
   Thanks a lot for any help!

		Nick.
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Nick Rothwell,	Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh.
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From: csnjr@its63b.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: What can I do with a 1Meg 1 floppy Mac+?
Message-ID: <1017@its63b.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 25 Feb 88 13:08:49 GMT
Reply-To: nick%ed.lfcs@uk.ac.ucl.cs.nss (Nick Rothwell)
Organization: LFCS, University of Edinburgh
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Keywords: entry level Mac+
Summary: What'll run on an entry-level Mac+?