[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Can anyone help me?

[Ken Pogran]

Macs had internal 3.5" drives, not 5.25". I don't recall if there was ever an external 5.25" drive for a Mac. So in. all likelihood Martin's Mac Plus wouldn't solve Derek's problem.

The Mac Plus read its OS off a floppy, or off an external 20MB  hard drive, if one was attached. (I believe it was a SCSI interface). Imagine a bootable OS in 800kB!

I recall occasionally lugging a Mac Plus and HD 20 drive home from work in a custom-designed carry bag, back when the Mac Plus came out.

Ken Pogran

-----Original Message-----
From: LCTG <lctg-bounces+pogran=alum.mit.edu at lists.toku.us> on behalf of Martin Kafka <mpkafka at rcn.com>
Date: Monday, October 11, 2021 at 3:55 PM
To: Derek Gardiner <derek.gardiner.02420 at gmail.com>
Cc: Lex Computer and Tech <LCTG at lists.toku.us>
Subject: Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Can anyone help me?

    Derek

    I have an old Mac Plus computer that I purchased used in 1986-7.
    It has a slot for  the 5.25 floppies. My problem is that a 5.25 inch floppy disc is “ stuck” in the disc slot.
    I tried to release it with a safety pin but it will not extrude.
    I do not think the Mac Plus has its own OS because I get the blinking ? icon on the screen.
    If you would like to use this computer and tinkering with it might help, be my guest. 

    I live in Newton.
    Let me Know. 

    > On Oct 11, 2021, at 12:54 PM, Derek Gardiner <derek.gardiner.02420 at gmail.com> wrote:
    > 
    > Hi all,
    > 
    > I have a strange request. Is there anyone out there with the ability to read a 5.25” floppy disk in Apple format. The disks I have were created on an Apple IIc in the 1980s. (Not sure if the format changed for the Mac.)
    > My wife and I have several of these disks and we would like to be able to examine the files. 
    > Derek.