quasar5413
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So I have recently acquired a working Powerbook 100 and accompanying floppy disc reader. Aside from being yellowed with age and the battery not taking a charge, the unit powers on just fine. The matrix screen pulls up, and a few seconds later, a mouse will pop up. Soon after, the floppy disc symbol shows up with a question mark in the middle. Now, keep in mind, I was born far after floppies were mainstream. I have many because they interest me; relics of a lost era. Though I understand floppy diskettes well and still use them for some backup purposes, this symbol was new to me. With some quick internet searching, I was able to find out that this means the computer wants me to put in the boot floppies to load the system into the RAM. Now, this unit came with no floppies of any kind, so I immediately went to the internet to download the images. This is where my many troubles begin:
Roadblock 1: I have never before used a mac computer. I am running on a Windows 7 64bit installation. I do, however, have a working floppy drive and a few 1.44mbs lying around.
Roadblock 2: I have no understanding whatsoever of which version of System I can use (bare minimum version is acceptable, but the newest is preferable)
Roadblock 3: My diskettes are formatted with FAT. Not with Mac filesystem.
Roadblock 4: I can extract the IMG files once I have the correct ones, but do not understand how to boot from them with the Powerbook.
Roadblock 5: I have no Mac computers in the house to format the floppies
Can anyone render assistance?
Roadblock 1: I have never before used a mac computer. I am running on a Windows 7 64bit installation. I do, however, have a working floppy drive and a few 1.44mbs lying around.
Roadblock 2: I have no understanding whatsoever of which version of System I can use (bare minimum version is acceptable, but the newest is preferable)
Roadblock 3: My diskettes are formatted with FAT. Not with Mac filesystem.
Roadblock 4: I can extract the IMG files once I have the correct ones, but do not understand how to boot from them with the Powerbook.
Roadblock 5: I have no Mac computers in the house to format the floppies
Can anyone render assistance?