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

[Michael R. Hoffmann]

Any reason the mac's couldn't be connected to a 10-baseT hub & the =20
old drive shared, so whatever is wanted on the new one could be =20
transferred?
On Aug 7, 2008, at 1:21 PM, James Lagnese wrote:

> I believe it used IDE.
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> On Thursday, August 07, 2008, at 01:05PM, "CW Smith" =20
> <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 =20
>> 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:
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>>> 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=3D8774301&st=3Dhard=20
>>> +drive+enclosure&lp=3D2&type=3Dproduct&cp=3D1&id=3D1204332553274
>>>
>>> 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 =20
>>>> 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 =20
>>>> 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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