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An OS 7.5.0 Boot disk for most of the 68k systems (should work for all except the Powerbook 1) that have 2MB or more memory installed.

#Mac floppy emulator how to#

IвЂ™ve managed to track down a scan of the Apple Memory Guide from November 2000 (pdf) that shows how to upgrade the memory for these and other 68k systems. The SE/30, Classic, Classic II, Portable, II, IIx, IIcx, IIci, IIsi, LC typically shipped with only 1 MB of memory. An OS 6.0.8 Boot disk for older 68k systems that may only have 1MB of memory installed.IвЂ™ve made 2 main types of boot disks, both formatted using the Hierarchical File SystemВ (HFS): Note: Starting in August 1989, Apple began equipping the SE with a SuperDrive, those systems will have a label on the front вЂњMacintosh SE FDHDвЂќ The SE and II, likely do not, BUT both could be upgraded to support a SuperDrive, so these may support this method.

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The 128K, 512K, 512Ke, and Plus do NOT support this method.This method will work for the majority of 68k Macintosh computers except: Photo of the Macintosh SE FDHD label Step 1: Determine if you can use this method As I write this (late 2017), the price of these drives are in the $10 to $20 CDN range, whatвЂ™s becoming expensive are the disks themselves, they are about $30 per package of 10 (these used to be closer to $3 per package of 10 or less in the 90s). If you do not have a hard drive or equivalent, there are other options such as: using a RAMDisk, a CD-ROM, or running applications off another system using Apple Share over Local Talk, or Apple Share over Ethernet.ДЇor this post, I used an external 3.5 inch, USB 1.44MB floppy drive I picked up a few years ago when I retired the last of my вЂњmore modernвЂќ computers with a built in floppy drive.

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You plan to use an internal or external hard drive (or equivalent), to actually make use of your Classic 68k Mac (all versions except the Macintosh 128k support some form of external or internal hard drive).That the floppy drive in the old Macintosh youвЂ™re trying to boot hasnвЂ™t failed (common problem is the deterioration of the auto eject gears).If your 68k Macintosh does not turn on, or does not show the insert disk icon, you may need to do some repair work before you proceed. Your classic 68k Macintosh turns on, and is prompting you to insert a disk.You have a working 3.5вЂі USB floppy drive and some disks.Whoever is reading this knows what a 3.5 inch floppy disk is рџ™‚.There are also several other options, that you should also look in to if you plan to start playing with these 1980s and 1990s systems. I will create separate posts describing how to get started using 400k and 800k floppy disks using either a intermediary Macintosh that supports both these the HD format, or using floppy-emu to emulate these old drives. This post focuses on 3.5вЂі High Density (HD) disks that can be created using modern USB floppy drives.

Booting your classic 68k Macintosh from a 3.5 inch floppy disk was the most common and theВ easiest way to get most classic macs working when your starting with a more modern machine (most, but not all, more on that in a bit).