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From: parent@apple.com (Sean Parent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Upgrades for Mac512KE
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Date: 9 Nov 89 22:44:13 GMT
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I own a 512KE at home also with two 400K drives. The system is mostly used 
by my 4 year old son but I use it to type up documents on occation. System 
6.0.4 works well if you do a minimal Mac+ install to an HFS 400K floppy 
(the installer does not work with MFS disks. To initialize a disk to HFS, 
hold down the option key when you select erase disk in the Specail meny in 
the finder). I use Microsoft Word v.3.02 and it runs well (though setting 
up a usable system on two 400K disks is a trick).

Does anyone know of a way to plug 256K simms into these old machines? An 
inexpensive (<$50) kit (w/o RAM) would be desireable (yes, I own a 
soldering iron). 800K floppies will work fine on this system. Make sure 
your system has the new ROMs (that is that it is a 512KE and not a 512K).

Sean Parent
"Quality unattainable in a reasonable amount of time."