Found a 1987 Macintosh SE running the front desk at a dentist office in Boise

Brian Dixon · 2026-10-12T16:55:04.23935+00:00

I was in Boise last week for a cleaning and the receptionist was typing on a beige Macintosh SE. I asked about it and she said the scheduling program still runs fine and they never saw a reason to swap it. The thing boots from a floppy and prints appointment cards on a dot matrix printer that sounds like a chainsaw. I offered to help them back up the data to something newer but nobody there knows how the software works besides the office manager who retires in 2 years. That feels like a ticking clock. What's the best way to pull files off an old Mac when the only person who understands it is about to leave?

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