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Paul Durrant <pdurrant@durrant.demon.co.uk> wrote:

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> You'll then need to decode the disk image archives you downloaded using
> StuffIt Expander, and then copy them to actual floppy disks using the Disk
> Copy program. If you're getting System 6.0.8, they'll have to be 1MB disks,
> not the HD 2MB disks that are common now (i.e. with only the write protect
> hole, not the hole in the adjacent corner too)

I'd forgotten about that - you can use HD discs, but they'll be
unreliable.  Make sure you get 1MB (unformatted) DS DD discs; 720K
MS-DOS formatted discs are fine, but you might find it helps to format
them twice.  You might need to clean the disc drives too - a cleaning
disc and TechTool (from http://www.micromat.com) will do the job nicely.

> > So long as it can accept words and save them I'm not fussed about the age -
> > I presume there's an equivalent of 'wordpad' or 'write' on the Mac.
> 
> I'm not sure hat comes with System 6.0.8. Not a lot. But ClarisWorks 2.x is
> very nice and will run on System 6. You may be able to find a copy
> second-hand or in old stock somewhere.

Will CW 2 fit on an 800K floppy?

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> SEs have an internal SCSI connector and an external SCSI connector. The
> internal disk is supposed to go in place of one of the floppies, but modern
> disks are so slim you can probably fit one above the two floppies. You'll
> need a 50pin flat data cable and a power splitter. If it's not an original
> Apple hard disk, you'll also need third-party formatting software, which
> would be uneconomic.

Not quite right - a patched version of Apple's free HD SC Setup 7.3.5
normally does the job wonderfully, and if not, there's a shareware
formatter that might well do the job.

Rowland.

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