[DM-MUG] genealogy data on a ZIP drive

[Matt Stanton]

We have an old G3-233 at work that still runs Mac OS 9 of some variety 
(it does not have OS X installed, so it is a native install of the 
Classic OS).  If the problem is just that you don't have access to a 
machine that uses the classic OS, or that the classic OS running inside 
OS X can't read it properly, then I could try to help somehow.  I think 
the problem may just end up being that the old Zip disk has degraded to 
such a level that the data is corrupt.  I don't know that anyone would 
consider corrupt data a 'funny' different format, though.  If the 
reunion software wrote directly to the disk without using a filesystem, 
then that could possibly be the problem -- you would need the software 
installed on the mac reading the disk to retrieve the data.  It seems 
kinda improbable to me that that would be the case, but it would be 
possible.  When you used the zip disk to backup the data, were you able 
to save other things to the disk from other programs?

Stephen Moe wrote:
> I'm looking for suggestions.  We used the program "Reunion" about 8  
> years ago, inputting a lot of genealogy data and backed it up on a ZIP  
> 250 disk.  A computer crash, time out to care for my mom & a 5 year  
> old business later, I'm trying to get the data back in a format I can  
> use.  I took the ZIP disk to my MAC dealer in Cedar Falls & they  
> thought they would be able to burn the data onto a CD.  However, they  
> said it was a "funny" "different" format and they couldn't retrieve  
> it.  I can't run the Reunion 7 software on my current IMAC OS10.5+  
> because it won't run Classic.  When I found what I think is the data  
> backed up another place, & tried to open it on my iBook, which still  
> will run Classic, I get an error message.  Thanks for your input &  
> suggestions in advance.  Carolyn Moe 
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