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

> In article <1dlj7c6.c85cdcq2cw00N@p60.nas3.is3.u-net.net>,
> real-address-in-sig@flur.bltigibbet (Rebecca and Rowland) wrote:
> 
> > Paul Durrant <pdurrant@durrant.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > > I'm not sure what 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?
> 
> It does come on 800K floppies, but I think you're right that it requires a
> hard disk to run. I'd forgotten.

CW *1* can run off floppy disc, but the manual says you need a 1.4MB
disc drive (as well as strongly recommending that you don't do it).
Having said that, the CW 1 *application* will fit on an 800K floppy, but
you won't have any translators, dictionaries, and stuff like that.

> > > 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.
> 
> Yes, you're right - there are some patches about to make HD SC Setup skip
> the disk check. Very useful if on a tight budget, but it doesn't always
> work - it fails to format some disks.  :-(

True, but when it works, it works perfectly AFAIK - certainly worth a
try, wouldn't you say?  Since Apple uses Quantum, Seagate and (I think)
IBM HDDs, I'd guess that any `normal' HDD from one of those firms would
be okay with a patched HD SC Setup.

Rowland.

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