retrieving files from Mac IIci

[Buzz]

Listen to the Blackbird sing...

[JoeH]

My PB 190 had an ATA drive as well. So did the desktop Quadra/Performa/LC 630 series machines, I have a Performa 636 that I upgraded to Quadra 630 equivalent by putting in a 68040 to replace the 68LC040. In fact most of the later low to mid-range 68K Mac's had gone to ATA drives as their internal drive by then.

[btfc]

Beige G3, yours for shipping cost.

[Janit]

You definitely need to install the device driver for the ZIP onto the IIci to get it to work there, If you can do this, then the ZIP is the simplest solution.

You probably need the Iomega Device Driver 4.x or 5.x, which is an extension to put in the system folder. The versions on the Iomega website are newer and may not work, depending on the OS version installed on the IIci. (Note that the Iomegaware bundles use a different numbering system from the individual Iomega Device Driver extensions.

In any case, if you download the necessary drivers, you still need a way to get them onto the IIci.

Do you have Stuffit Expander or Stuffit installed on the IIci? If so, then you can download the following file to a PC with a PC formatted floppy.
http://www.macdrivermuseum.net/disk/zipmac42.hqx
The IIci can read the floppy (I believe it uses a utility called PC exchange that comes with the system) and then expand the file. Because the file is hqx encoded, it will survive the journey on a PC formatted disk.

If not, I do have the installer for the Iomega Device Driver 4.3 and corresponding ZIP tools on my TAM. I could send you a copy on a floppy if need be.

[Thais]

Good news... although I won't get to learn from putting all this good advice into practice... ;-)
my friend down the street has a computer that runs linux and he was able to copy files successfully off one of my mom's floppies onto a thumb drive for me. Furthermore, I was able to open the files in Text Edit and capture the key strokes.
I'll keep this thread available in case I get stuck, but it looks like I've got a suitable solution without too much stress. I hope this discussion has been helpful to others.

[silvarios]

Glad the file transfer was successful.

[silvarios]

Jimmypoo wrote:
Nope. Internal drive was the first to ship an ATA. There was no caddy mating needed - no different than
the Pismo had except to secure it in place. I have 3 of them. Two 520Cs and a 540C.

Then why do all the sites dealing with Blackbird drive replacement show a SCSI drive or an ATA drive with SCSI caddy? I'm pretty sure my 520c came with an internal SCSI drive.

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/comment...2/03/51259

"The hard drive -- a modern IBM drive -- had a special circuit board strapped to it to convert the IDE interface to Apple's old standard, SCSI."

I think some of the larger drive options for the Blackbird shipped with just such a setup, ATA drive in SCSI adapter.

[Rolando]

I hate to suggest this... but if you can't get online the way we do now, how about..."America Online" Do they still support dialup?

[p8712]

Jimmypoo wrote:
Nope. Internal drive was the first to ship an ATA. There was no caddy mating needed - no different than
the Pismo had except to secure it in place. I have 3 of them. Two 520Cs and a 540C.

You're misremembering. I've worked on Every 5xx model. There would have to be an ATA/SCSI adapter. The 5300s were the first Powerbooks to
use IDE. Maybe you have some wierd enginering prototype?

Here's an adapter in use:

http://www.tiac.net/~sw/2006/03/scsi_to_ata/index.html

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Jimmypoo wrote:
NO-OS-X — are those USB Floppies available / cheap? I kind of like them!

Not sure. Here's the link to where I found the photo: http://www.popgadget.net/2008/10/floppy_disk_mak.php