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

Thu Aug 7 14:00:51 CDT 2008

If you don't have ethernet, that won't work.  If you have a serial  
port or a modem, you can do a modem to modem connection, but its been  
years since I've even thought on how to do it.  Basically we are  
talking about how we used to transfer files to the original iMac.   
Apple used to have a Tech Info Library article about it, but I don't  
know if it survived when they changed to Knowledge Base.
On Aug 7, 2008, at 1:31 PM, j lagnese wrote:

> Yes
>
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Michael R. Hoffmann  
> <robolaw at aol.com> wrote:
> Any reason the mac's couldn't be connected to a 10-baseT hub & the  
> old drive shared, so whatever is wanted on the new one could be  
> 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" <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
>
>
> 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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