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- From: jelmore@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Elmore)
- Subject: Re: 7.0 vs. 7.0.1 on MacII
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.012613.10975@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- References: <1992Nov20.164301.5820@urbana.mcd.mot.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 01:26:13 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.164301.5820@urbana.mcd.mot.com> willcox@urbana.mcd.mot.com (David A Willcox) writes:
- >I have an "old" MacII, currently running System 6.0.8, and I'd like to
- >upgrade to System 7. My problem: an 800k-only floppy. System 7.0
- >is available on 800k floppies, 7.0.1 is not. (Then, of course, there
- >is also 7.1, also no 800k option.)
- >
- >My question: Are there signficant problems in 7.0 that have been fixed
- >in 7.0.1, meaning that it would be a bad idea to use 7.0?
- >
- >If 7.0 is a bad idea, does anyone have a suggestion for how to get
- >7.0.1 onto the internal disk of the MacII? I know of two possibilities:
- >
- >(1) Pay the $500+ to upgrade the floppy. That gives me a second
- > floppy, but costs a bit of change for something I wouldn't use much.
- >
- >(2) Buy an external drive and connect it to another machine to do the
- > installation. At least this gives me more room to grow!
- >
- >Any other ideas?
- >
- >David A. Willcox Motorola MCG, Urbana, IL
-
- (3) Buy AE PlusDrive; it allows you to use HD disks without getting the
- ROM upgrade. Costs $250 or so from MacWarehouse.
-
- (4) Buy the System 7.1 upgrade and ask for 800K disks. 7.1 does indeed
- come on 800Ks, but you have to specify which ones you want.
-
- Jay (=
-