Re: Help! Apple IIc+ with no working diskettes

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On Wed, 06 Sep 2000 21:45:33 GMT, "Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>
wrote:

>Looks like you can download it from Apple, here:
>
>http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n10074
>
>The problem is you have to get that onto an 800K ProDos formatted disk, and
>there's no practical way to do that with just a PC. 

Thanks for your reply.

Ok...more questions.  Do you mean format a floppy and put ProDOS on
it, or is it a special type of disk?  I bought a package of Imation
2DD 720KB diskettes that are IBM formatted.  Can I just reformat them
on a Mac and download that file to one of them?  Do I need to do
anything with that file (extract or whatever) or will it boot from it
as is?  Please forgive my ignorance.  I'm learning a lot, though.  :)

>If you're going to school, you may be able to use a Mac there, or at a
>library, to get yourself going.

Good idea, but the local libraries don't allow downloading because
of virus risks, or at least that's what the information desk lady told
me.  She did suggest Kinko's, though, and I think that's what I'll
try next.  They only charge 20 cents a minute, so as long as I have
a rough idea what to do, it'll be pretty cheap.

Kari