simbalion Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Since I pulled it back out to check on it, I wonder what all I can play on my Macintosh Plus 1MB? I got this boxed system years back and due to the lack of software, haven't done anything with it besides make sure it's still alive. It is a straight 1 Meg system with an extra, external disk drive and the system diskettes that came with it. There are diskettes and a reference manual for a Hypercard, but that's about all I know about it. Would really like to do a little more with it since it works so well. Cracking open a Mac is not for me (done it before on Mac Classics that always seem to die), so want to just keep it as is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 If you can transfer downloaded files to your Mac, then here's a site for games... http://www.gryphel.com/c/sw/ I used to play black & white Mac games in high school so someday I like to get Mini Vmac up and running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Odds are that Mac Plus can only read 400/800k DD disks, not 1.4MB HD disks. Transferring files aren't going to be easy, Windows never handled Mac format at all and older Mac disk drive cannot read PC formatted disk. I think the easiest way at this point is to look for SCSI2SD, copy files from internet to an SD card (something small like 256MB, early System didn't have large disk size support) and then run files off the SD card. There are some good B&W games for Mac Plus. The one I spent a lot of my time are Dark Castle. Personally I prefer color Mac and have a Quadra 800 for classic games. I also have a Pismo that I can go online, download games, use SCSI cable to mount Pismo like an external hard drive for my Quadra 800 to transfer games. A lot of games I like don't work on PPC CPU, only older 68k CPU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbalion Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 I used to have a Mac Performa all in one that worked quite well, until a cat we had totaled it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 if your lucky enough to have some modem / terminal software on it you can use a serial connection ... might take an hour to transfer a disk image but it gets it done (dunno about the plus but my SE starts to get on edge at 19200bps) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 You can dial in to BBSes and DL software to your HD.... But Osgeld said... chicken or egg deal.... Best bet, have someone mail you a disk with terminal software, then link up via PuTtY or something of the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 (edited) yea you will want something with a file transfer like xmodem zmodem or the like, an old school bbs modem type software, I use minicom on my linux box, or terraterm when in windows, on the mac side zterm, works great id offer to make you a disk, but neither of my 2 mac's have a working floppy drive =( you would also want a copy of disk copy, that way you can download img files and mount them as real drives on the mac dunno its just a thought, you might be able to find a network adapter for it, but you still need software to get that setup and I think mac tcp requires system 7 Edited March 19, 2017 by Osgeld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbalion Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Thanks for the advice thus far. Right now, it also points out why I sort of lost my love for classic Macs so fast. When you think about it, most of our 80's computers are usually found with at least some software if found in the wild. Macs are the total b****es when it comes to that. 90% of them around here ended up in schools and it seems the schools disposed of the software before selling off the computers later on. Basically, unless you have one with a still living hard drive, the Mac ends up being a neat looking, basically useless paper weight. Basically, with the ways things sound, it would be easier for me to just keep looking for IIgs! Apple II sweetness with a 16 bit kick! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 yes they are a pain in the arse, but once you have a method and most the software you can think of ever running on it, they can be enjoyable machines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsdee Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I got rid of my Mac SE some years ago (kind of regret it) but nowadays there's an FPGA version that runs fairly well. Dark Castle is glitchy with it, but many other games work fine. Here's my footage of Crystal Quest: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 yay fpga, cost as much as the machine did new, usually more buggy than a software emulator thanks to its limited exposure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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