Help! need 400k/800k Mac os 6 or 7 diskettes!

From: Ron Hudson <rhudson_at_cnonline.net>
Date: Sun Oct 5 19:59:47 2003

On Sunday, October 5, 2003, at 06:39 PM, Andrew Prince wrote:

> http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html
>
> You can download several older system software disk images, 6.0.3,
> 6.0.5,
> 6.0.8, 7.0, 7.0.1, etc...
>
> Your iBook won't write an 800k floppy? Hmmm... Is the floppy an actual
> 800k
> floppy, or a 1.44m floppy?

1.44m USB floppy

>
> Let me know if the download is successful...

I seem to be able to download, now if only one of the images is a
bootable cdrom!


>
> Another source: http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/bootdisks.html
> Gamba's
> boot disks for Macs...
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/syslist.html Gamba's System Software
> for
> Macs...
>
> You might also want to visit http://w3.trib.com/~dwood/oldmac.shtml
> and see
> what other info you can dig up.
>
>
> Good Luck!
>
> If this doesn't help you enough, let us know...
>
> TTFN
> Andrew
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Subject: Re: Help! need 400k/800k Mac os 6 or 7 diskettes!
>> On Sunday, October 5, 2003, at 06:03 PM, chris wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If anyone can send me just an 800K floppy with the Mac OS6 or OS7
>>>> cd rom drive that'l work too. I have a CD with OS7
>> (probably) on it.
>>>>
>>
>> Ok, I get a blinking floppy disk "?" in the middle of the screen. I
>> guess the CD rom I
>> have is not bootable after all.
>>
>> (it came from a 2 disk pack marked "Apple Software" / "Claris
>> Software"
>> )
>>
>> My iBook won't read the CD. My SE want's for format any 1.44 floppy,
>> and my iBook
>> won't mount any 400/800mb floppy.
>>
>> :^)
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>
>
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