With the release of the Mac+ and double sided disk drives, many people will
want to put Microsoft applications on 800K disks. The following information
will take you through the steps needed to prepare an 800K disk for use with
Microsoft applications.
The following information assumes that you already know how to perform basic
operations with your Apple Macintosh. You should know how to use the Finder
and the mouse, eject disks, and copy files. If you are not familiar with
these operations, please refer to your Macintosh users manual. The following
steps assume you are using a Mac+ with an 800K external disk drive.
1. Start the computer with the system disk that came with your computer.
This system disk should contain a system file (v3.0 or higher), and a
Finder (v5.1 or higher).
2. Insert a blank disk into the external disk drive and initialize it to be
an 800K disk.
3. Copy the system folder from the Mac+ system disk to the initialized 800K
disk.
4. Now eject the system disk from the internal disk drive and insert the
Microsoft application disk. (If you are setting this disk up for
Microsoft Excel, insert the program disk marked 1 of 2).
5. Copy the program and any other files such as printer drivers, help files
etc., to the newly formatted 800K disk in the external disk drive. DO
NOT COPY THE SYSTEM FOLDER. You have already copied the system folder
from the Mac+ system disk.
The process is now complete. You may shut down and reboot the computer with
the 800K disk that you just prepared. When you start one of our applications,
the program will start to load and then ask for the master. You will have to
insert the master once when you start the program.
SETUP FOR 512K MAC AND 800K EXTERNAL DISK DRIVE
The following steps will allow you to set up your 800K disks with Microsoft
applications to run on a 512K mac.
1. Start the computer by inserting the new system disk into the internal
drive. The system disk must be on a 400K disk and contain a system file
(v3.0 or higher), Finder (v5.1 or higher), and an HD 20 file.
2. Insert a blank disk into the external 800K disk drive and initialize it
for 800K.
3. Make a copy of the system folder (containing the system, Finder, and HD20
files) onto the 800K disk in the external disk drive.
4. Now eject the system disk from the internal disk drive and insert the
Microsoft application disk. (If you are setting this disk up for
Microsoft Excel, insert the program disk marked 1 of 2).
5. Copy the program and any other files such as printer drivers, help files
etc. to the newly formatted 800K disk in the external disk drive. DO
NOT COPY THE SYSTEM FOLDER. You have already copied the system folder
from the Mac+ system disk.
The process is now complete. When using a 512K mac with 800K external disk
drive, you must always start the computer with the 400K system disk,
containing the system, Finder, and HD20 files) in the internal disk drive.
Insert the newly prepared 800K application disk into the external drive and
start the application. The system disk in the internal drive will be ejected
and the program will ask for the master. After you insert the master, it will
be ejected and the internal drive will be free. You will be able to save data
files to the internal drive.
NOTE: Apple Computer, Inc. is not responsible for the contents of this
article.