If so, simply open a Web browser on that Mac and download the HappyPlusClock software from

Hopefully your ethernet-enabled bridge Mac is hooked to the Internet. This will be easiest for you, Obvious Mac Collector. If you have an older Mac with a floppy drive and an ethernet card: Congratulations.

There are probably dozens of other ways to transfer the software to a Mac Plus disk based on various configurations of Macs, networks, storage media (CD-ROM is another possible conduit between modern PC and vintage bridge Mac), and other factors-enough to fill a book-so I am only going to cover the most common transfer and setup methods below. So unless you’re one of the ten people on Earth with a Mac Plus SCSI-to-ethernet adapter, you’re going to need a bridge machine of some sort-either an older Mac with a floppy drive and an ethernet card, or a Windows PC with a floppy drive and an older Mac with a 1.44MB floppy drive (called a SuperDrive in the parlance of the day). But it is difficult to download that software from the Internet and transfer it over to a Mac Plus. Technically, it is not hard to run the HappyPlusClock software. This writes the HappyPlusClock disk image to an 800K floppy. I’ve prepared a bootable 800K disk image of the software, and you canĭownload it here, or you can download the software from theĪpple Disk Copy 4.2 (for 68K Macs) or Disk Copy 6.3.3 (for PowerPC Macs) software. Aaron Hall, a Washburn University systems administrator, wrote the software in 2007 as his entry in the 2007

The software that makes the Macinclock possible is called If youįormat it as an 800K disk, it will probably only work a few times then give up the ghost. Don’t bother trying to use a 1.44MB disk on the Plus. One blank 800K double-sided, double-density (DSDD) 3.5-inch floppy disk. For the uninitiated, these are what 3.5-inch floppy disks look like.You can buy a new one from vendors onĪ Mac with a floppy drive and Internet or ethernet access to serve as a file transfer bridge, or an Internet-capable Windows PC with a floppy disk drive and a Mac with a 1.44 MB SuperDrive. This keeps the correct time if the system gets unplugged from the wall. The Mac Plus uses a 4.5 volt Eveready 523 battery to power its internal clock.

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