Re: Help! Apple IIc+ with no working diskettes

[processoroverclocked@33mhz.cjb.net (Jon Bettencourt)]

In article <ItW2OQ3377DwwBztxH7bm=EvHeX=@4ax.com>, star_fire@hushmail.com wrote:

> Ok...more questions.  Do you mean format a floppy and put ProDOS on
> it, or is it a special type of disk? 

Yes. It's called a ProDOS 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? 

Yes, you can reformat over those. Just be sure to select ProDOS format and
not Mac format.

> Do I need to do
> anything with that file (extract or whatever) or will it boot from it
> as is? 

If you got it from Apple's web site you'll probably need to find DiskCopy
4.2 and use it to transfer the files from the disk image (the file you
downloaded) to the actual disk.

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