This site gives the 'brutal full' body of information on the topic of ALL Apple disk drives: This article gives a little history and the steps needed to convert data on a disk from one type to the next: There is a subtle difference.Ī quick look at the 'Storage' specifications for each will tell you which floppy drive you have. Your problems may be caused by disks that the drive cannot read or that cannot be recognized. Then you insert a DOS formatted floppy and the right side should automatically change to the DOS side. The next step is to select a file on the left side which will remain the Mac side. Once that information is on the screen, you have already launched Apple File Exchange (AFE). 'When I open up the icon I've got a panel reading Mac to Mac and underneath that Text Translation and Default Translation.' 'I can't figure out how to launch the Apple File Exchange 7.0 - 1986 - 1989. Also, it would not be a bad idea to create a set of backup copies. Before you make any attempt to transfer files, make sure that your original floppy disks are locked (write-protected). You may want to use Google to search for, for instance, HFVExplorer. Either should allow the use of PC-formatted disks in the Macintosh computer.Īlternatively, a suitable utility would make it possible to read Mac-formatted 1.4 MB (but not 400 or 800K) floppies in the PC.

System 7.1, a separate program (Apple File Exchange, on the Tidbits system floppy) can be used instead. If you have a non-PC Exchange version of e.g. PC Exchange might not have been standard with the existing operating system on the Classic II. This will happen if the Mac does not have a PC Exchange control panel in the Control Panels folder (or, with such a control panel in place, the machine has been started with Extensions Off). Problem is that the MAC forces me to reformat the disc before it will allow me to use the disc

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