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Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci?

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On 2018-05-22 06:51:16 +0000, Leonard Blaisdell said:
> In article <slrnpg7bml.1r2.g.kreme@Snow.local>, Lewis
> <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, I installed 7.5.5 via Floppies. I think it was 14 floppies, or that
>> is the number that comes to mind. I have no way to check and that was
>> well before CD-Rs. A CD Drive will have to be SCSI, so good luck on
>> that. I think Apple had disk images for system 7.something available for
>> download at one time, but I don't know about that anymore.
> 
> Here's a site that still offers four 7.5.5 disks. They download in hqx,
> and there are four of them. The site still appears to work.
> <https://udcf.gla.ac.uk/~gwm1h/system7.5.5/>
> I was interested in the site when the System 7 disks for my Powerbook
> 520C rotted and I was looking for replacement for old times sake. I
> couldn't figure out how to exchange the files from a modern Mac to the
> old Mac as bootable. I needed four floppies that I had no equipment to
> convert to or read anymore. I make no recommendations regarding the
> site that I still have bookmarked.
> Other than that, old hardware technology will screw the OP unless they
> want to shell out way more money and time than the computer is worth.
> Make it a indeterminate cost hobby.
> This may be costlier than restoring a Model T Ford right now, but
> persevere. A functioning IIci with cool software might justify the
> cost.
> If nothing else, you'll learn something from the project.
> 
> leo

For old Mac software and help, the best resource website is MacintoshGarden.org

You can transfer files from new Mac or Windows to an old Mac using 
old-Mac-format floppies or old-PC-format floppies ... but DO NOT 
extract any Mac archives on a Windows PC (it will destroy the dual 
forks in application files!).

You can also of course also CD-R or CD-RW discs if you old Mac can read them.

If the old Mac doesn't even boot (and assuming it actually works), then 
of course you'll need to create the bootable System install disks / 
CDs. The easiest way is to download disk images and create physical 
disks usinf Disk Utility or Toast on a new Mac. There are applications 
on Windows PCs to do the same, but I use Windoze as little as possible 
... which means almost never.

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How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? matthewmpower@gmail.com - 2018-05-21 17:50 -0700
  Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-05-21 20:56 -0400
    Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? matthewmpower@gmail.com - 2018-05-21 19:14 -0700
      Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-05-21 23:19 -0400
    Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-21 20:06 -0700
    Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-05-22 05:47 +0000
      Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-05-21 23:51 -0700
        Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-05-22 19:25 +1200
          Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? matthewmpower@gmail.com - 2018-05-22 16:29 -0700
            Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2018-05-23 09:00 +0100
              Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-05-23 08:46 -0400
        Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-22 01:18 -0700
        Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-05-23 01:51 +0000
          Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-05-22 22:49 -0400
            Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-22 21:08 -0700
      Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-05-22 08:32 -0400
        Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-22 07:19 -0700
        Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-05-23 02:07 +0000
          Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-05-22 22:49 -0400
          Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-22 20:07 -0700

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