Ask HN: How to get files off old Mac flopppies

laurex | 2 points

Older Mac files might not have extensions... If you can read the files of the disk, rename the files with the .doc extension. Once done you probably have a good chance reading them in newer Word or LibeOffice programs.

If you can;t read the disks - you might need to get a Mac and a floppy drive - 1.4mb isnt too hard, you could probably get a USB floppy to read those; when you are talking about 800k or 400k disks you will have to look for an older mac to read the disks as the drive mechs/logic are a bit different.

If the computer is that old getting data transferred would probably be easiest with a modem-modem connection, or a null-modem cable.

LarryMade2 | 4 years ago