SE4 in higher resolutions + OT: floppy disks

Elowan · #1 May 27th, 2003, 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by Kamog:
Speaking of Macs, is there a way to read a Macintosh-formatted 3.5" floppy disk on a PC? I have some old Mac floppies with backups of documents that I created when I still had my Mac. When my house got broken into, they stole my Mac (along with a bunch of other stuff). I now have a PC running Windows and I can't read my old Mac floppies. Is there a way to read the files without having to buy another Mac?

There's an app available called - strangely enough - Mac2PC that does that.

Fyron · #2 May 27th, 2003, 06:51 PM

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The 3/8 inch by 1/8 inch button is big? I would hate to know what your conception of huge is. Again, fumbling around to find that button is a pain.

Only to you. It is impossible to miss it, as it clearly stands out on any computer case I have ever seen.

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But I noticed you avoided my biggest gripe. The fact that the PC/windows does not automatically eject the floppy on shutdown.

Ever heard of DOS? Every Version of windows except for XP has maintained DOS compatibility, and in DOS, you often do not want to eject the floppy upon shutting down, as you will then have to stick it back in when you boot up again (boot disks and all).

Loser · #3 May 27th, 2003, 07:02 PM

Ringworlds turn into Creation vs. Evolution, Screen Area turns into Mac vs. PC. Is this your doing Fyron or are you just along for the ride?

You know, if you spell his name backwards you get Noryf. Very significant.

Fyron · #4 May 27th, 2003, 08:12 PM

Ringworlds turned into a big misunderstanding of evolution and such, yes.

And there is no "mac vs. pc" going on here, I was just clearing up Tbontob's confusion about Windows.

No it is not my doing.

What is so significant about Noryf?

[ May 27, 2003, 19:13: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

tesco samoa · #5 May 27th, 2003, 09:53 PM

Floopy I have used that about 2 times in the Last 3 years.

The Bios has that set up to check after hardrive then CDrom drives.

We do not need the Floopy anymore.

Bootloaders work fantatic off CD's

Loser · #6 May 27th, 2003, 09:55 PM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
What is so significant about Noryf?

You won't keep them from seeing it by pretending it's not there.

tbontob · #7 May 27th, 2003, 10:17 PM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

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The 3/8 inch by 1/8 inch button is big? I would hate to know what your conception of huge is. Again, fumbling around to find that button is a pain.

Only to you. It is impossible to miss it, as it clearly stands out on any computer case I have ever seen.

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But I noticed you avoided my biggest gripe. The fact that the PC/windows does not automatically eject the floppy on shutdown.

Ever heard of DOS? Every Version of windows except for XP has maintained DOS compatibility, and in DOS, you often do not want to eject the floppy upon shutting down, as you will then have to stick it back in when you boot up again (boot disks and all).

No Fyron, it is a pain to anybody like me who may find themselves in similiar circumstances. But of course, you would never think of asking what those circumstances are. So, you are wrong when you say it is "Only to you." And yes, of course it is impossible to miss...after fumbling about. But if I had a choice 1) wasting time by fumbling about for it and 2) not wasting time at all, I prefer not wasting time.

Yes, I have heard of DOS. But maybe you haven't heard that DOS is on the way out. So tell me, what percentage of PC Users do you think are consistently (as opposed to "occasionally") using a DOS floppy to boot their newer computer?