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  1. zastin17

    Macintosh 128K Original 1984 Mis-aligned 400K drive, HELP ME!

    Ok, I need some serious help with my 1984 Macintosh 128K Guys!! I put this on a shelf for almost a year. Wishing it worked, but never being able to Re-align the 400k drive again. I am sad To start off, A few years ago, I found this incredible condition 128K Macintosh set. All Factory stock...
  2. zastin17

    Looking to buy 400k floppy drive and sled.

    Idk if I this is where I would post this but, I found out that the 128k macintosh I purchased has an upgraded 800k floppy drive. I want to bring it back to stock but can't find any drives for sale anywhere. There is 1 on ebay but it cost over $200 for 1 drive without the sled which is crazy...
  3. Cloud909

    Help Reading Floppy Disk Originally Used on 128k Macintosh

    I have a single sided, 3.5" floppy disk that was regularly used 1985-1990. When it was last used on the 128k Macintosh, it was fully functional. I now have a Mac SE (released in 1986); when I insert the floppy disk, a prompt tells me the disk is unreadable and asks if I would like to initialize...
  4. LarsG5

    Power Mac G3 B&W Floppy Drive

    Hello, I've got a floppy drive taken out of Beige G3 and I'd like to connect it somehow to my Power Mac G3 B&W (best option would be installing it into the zip drive bay). I did some research, but I found no informations that could help me connecting this floppy drive to B&W G3. So my question...
  5. soundsystem00

    Lid hinges are too floppy! Help!

    Hey! I have an early 2014 Macbook Air, the cheapest one at the store, which was the 10 ( or 11 ) inch model. I love it. It's the best laptop I have ever had. The only complaint is that the hinges are floppy! I am sure there is a better way to describe this problem, but that is all I got. I will...
  6. F

    MacPro 1,1 floppy drive retrofit

    Can I retrofit a PATA floppy drive to a MacPro 1,1? I have a working boot camp installation of XP and need to run some software with low level access to an internal floppy drive. Would it be technically possible to install a floppy drive in the second optical bay? Would I need drivers for the...