What are the steps to read on a PC a 3.5 Floppy written on a Boxed Mac about 1985-1988?
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. cenzer@gmail.com wrote:
What are the steps to read on a PC a 3.5 Floppy written on a Boxed Mac about 1985-1988?
I'm assuming you don't have a circa 1985 Mac in working condition. That would be the ideal way.
The chances of reading data off a 30-year-old floppy is pretty low. Media deteriorate, magnetic fields fade.
Supposedly, Linux can read them:
https://superuser.com/questions/318394/service-for-retrieving-data-from-old-...
Thank you, Ted.
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Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., FAACAP Volunteer Associate Professor of Psychiatry University of Cincinnati Medical Center WebSite:http://TinyURL.com/EnzerMD On Mar 31, 2016 2:23 PM, "Ted Roche" tedroche@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. cenzer@gmail.com wrote:
What are the steps to read on a PC a 3.5 Floppy written on a Boxed Mac about 1985-1988?
I'm assuming you don't have a circa 1985 Mac in working condition. That would be the ideal way.
The chances of reading data off a 30-year-old floppy is pretty low. Media deteriorate, magnetic fields fade.
Supposedly, Linux can read them:
https://superuser.com/questions/318394/service-for-retrieving-data-from-old-...
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Got a floppy drive on a Windows computer? This might be worth a try:
http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/hfvexplorer#description
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. cenzer@gmail.com wrote:
What are the steps to read on a PC a 3.5 Floppy written on a Boxed Mac about 1985-1988?
Thank you.
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You will probably be able to read it on a modern Mac, if you can hook up a standalone floppy drive. Imation made a standalone floppy drive, model D353FUE, which has a USB connector so it will fit modern Macs.
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Ted Roche tedroche@gmail.com wrote:
Got a floppy drive on a Windows computer? This might be worth a try:
http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/hfvexplorer#description
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. cenzer@gmail.com wrote:
What are the steps to read on a PC a 3.5 Floppy written on a Boxed Mac about 1985-1988?
Thank you.
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Thank you, Jim.
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Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., FAACAP Volunteer Associate Professor of Psychiatry University of Cincinnati Medical Center WebSite:http://TinyURL.com/EnzerMD On Mar 31, 2016 2:41 PM, "Jim Brotz" jimbrotz@gmail.com wrote:
You will probably be able to read it on a modern Mac, if you can hook up a standalone floppy drive. Imation made a standalone floppy drive, model D353FUE, which has a USB connector so it will fit modern Macs.
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Ted Roche tedroche@gmail.com wrote:
Got a floppy drive on a Windows computer? This might be worth a try:
http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/hfvexplorer#description
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. cenzer@gmail.com wrote:
What are the steps to read on a PC a 3.5 Floppy written on a Boxed Mac about 1985-1988?
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I like it, Ted.
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Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., FAACAP Volunteer Associate Professor of Psychiatryli University of Cincinnati Medical Center WebSite:http://TinyURL.com/EnzerMD On Mar 31, 2016 2:34 PM, "Ted Roche" tedroche@gmail.com wrote:
Got a floppy drive on a Windows computer? This might be worth a try:
http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/hfvexplorer#description
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. cenzer@gmail.com wrote:
What are the steps to read on a PC a 3.5 Floppy written on a Boxed Mac about 1985-1988?
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On Thu, 31 Mar 2016, at 07:11 PM, Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. wrote:
What are the steps to read on a PC a 3.5 Floppy written on a Boxed Mac about 1985-1988?
It appears to depend on whether the Mac disk is HD (1.44MB) or DD (400KB/800KB).
If it's HD then there are various solutions like http://www.macdisk.com/mden.php which would probably all require a PC-compatible USB floppy drive.
If it's DD then you need a Mac for all intents and purposes, for reasons explained on the link above.
Thank you, Alan.
Shai / שי
Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., FAACAP Volunteer Associate Professor of Psychiatry University of Cincinnati Medical Center WebSite:http://TinyURL.com/EnzerMD On Mar 31, 2016 2:39 PM, "Alan Bourke" alanpbourke@fastmail.fm wrote:
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016, at 07:11 PM, Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. wrote:
What are the steps to read on a PC a 3.5 Floppy written on a Boxed Mac about 1985-1988?
It appears to depend on whether the Mac disk is HD (1.44MB) or DD (400KB/800KB).
If it's HD then there are various solutions like http://www.macdisk.com/mden.php which would probably all require a PC-compatible USB floppy drive.
If it's DD then you need a Mac for all intents and purposes, for reasons explained on the link above.
-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
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Assuming you have a Windows computer with a floppy drive, you might try MacOpener (which has been discontinued by DataViz but is still available on various download sites) or MacDrive (http://www.mediafour.com/software/macdrive/). Look for free or trial versions that might be able to tell you if the diskette is at all readable before you spend money on either program.
Mike
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-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 12:12 PM To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: [NF] Reading a Floppy from Mac 1985-1988
What are the steps to read on a PC a 3.5 Floppy written on a Boxed Mac about 1985-1988?
Thank you.
*Shai / שי Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., FAACAPVolunteer Associate Professor of PsychiatryUniversity of Cincinnati Medical CenterWebSite:http://TinyURL.com/EnzerMD http://TinyURL.com/EnzerMD*
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Thank you, Michael.
Shai / שי
Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., FAACAP Volunteer Associate Professor of Psychiatry University of Cincinnati Medical Center WebSite:http://TinyURL.com/EnzerMD On Mar 31, 2016 2:42 PM, "Michael Glassman" MHGlassman@pioneerdrama.com wrote:
Assuming you have a Windows computer with a floppy drive, you might try MacOpener (which has been discontinued by DataViz but is still available on various download sites) or MacDrive ( http://www.mediafour.com/software/macdrive/). Look for free or trial versions that might be able to tell you if the diskette is at all readable before you spend money on either program.
Mike
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What are the steps to read on a PC a 3.5 Floppy written on a Boxed Mac about 1985-1988?
Thank you.
*Shai / שי Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., FAACAPVolunteer Associate Professor of PsychiatryUniversity of Cincinnati Medical CenterWebSite: http://TinyURL.com/EnzerMD http://TinyURL.com/EnzerMD*
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