[DM-MUG] retrieving files from a Performa 636CD

[James Lagnese]

I believe it used IDE. 

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On Thursday, August 07, 2008, at 01:05PM, "CW Smith" <cwsmith7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>The one problem I would foresee here is that the Performa likely uses  
>a SCSI hard drive, and that SCSI --> USB and SCSI --> FireWire devices  
>are flaky at best. Might not be the best of all options.
>
>Peace,
>CW
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>On Aug 7, 2008, at 11:52 AM, Chris Tyrrell wrote:
>
>> Hi Kat.
>>
>> One possibility is to extract the drive from the Performa, drop it  
>> in an external drive enclosure with USB connectivity, then connect  
>> the USB drive to the iMac. From there, you can email docs to  
>> yourself and retrieve the mail on the ThinkPad, or copy them to a  
>> flash drive which you'd then use to transfer them to the ThinkPad.
>>
>> The thought of removing the drive from the Performa might sound  
>> scary, but it's really quite easy, though I don't recall what form  
>> factor that machine is (some are easier than others). Hard drive  
>> enclosures are available at computer stores. For instance, Best Buy  
>> has this one for $50.
>> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8774301&st=hard+drive+enclosure&lp=2&type=product&cp=1&id=1204332553274
>>
>> Later on, put a new, larger, drive in the enclosure and use it with  
>> the ThinkPad for backups.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 7, 2008, at 9:19 AM, starcat at letterboxes.org wrote:
>>
>>> Hello from a new member.
>>>
>>> I have a Performa 636CD, got it in '94 or '95 and used it through  
>>> 2001
>>> when I upgraded to a used iMac.  I still have and occasionally use  
>>> the
>>> iMac and also recently inherited a ThinkPad (I know, I know,  
>>> evil... but
>>> free).  There are a number of files (mostly Word) on the Performa  
>>> that I
>>> would like to transfer to one of the other computers, but I'm at a
>>> complete loss as to how to do this.  The CD drive on the Performa is
>>> read-only.  Neither the iMac nor the laptop has a floppy drive.  My  
>>> only
>>> internet access right now is through an air card on the PC (I live in
>>> the middle of nowhere with no other connection options except dial  
>>> up).
>>> I do have a dial-up modem for the Performa but no dial-up access.
>>>
>>> I am far from a computer expert.  I'm fairly adept at doing what I  
>>> need
>>> to do, but in terms of anything beyond the basics I'm useless.  I  
>>> don't
>>> even know whether the files would even be readable at this point -  
>>> some
>>> of them are 13 years old - but even having unformatted text from  
>>> these
>>> files would be meaningful.
>>>
>>> Purchasing hundreds of dollars worth of stuff to accomplish this  
>>> really
>>> isn't an option right now, so the cheaper the solution, the better.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
>>>
>>> kat
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