I have a Power Macintosh 7100/66 that is alomost 30 years old. I need to get files off of it. Any suggestions?

Hi,

For smaller files, you could use 1.4 MB HD floppies (if the computer is working, of course). In order to ensure that these disks are readable on a modern computer, via an external USB floppy drive, it would be advantageous to use PC-formatted floppies. A Power Macintosh 7100/66 can handle PC-formatted disks if a PC Exchange control panel is installed and active.

As Grant Bennet-Alder mentioned, the 7100/66 is equipped with Ethernet. You could create a (temporary) network, for example, via the LAN ports of a Wi-Fi router. If the 7100/66 is running Mac OS 8 or later, the following is merely one idea (should allow both Macs and PCs to fetch files):

https://happymacs.wordpress.com/2014/07/12/network-your-classic-macintosh-with-windows-part-4-using-web-sharing/

Power Macintosh 7100/66: Technical Specifications

http://manuals.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Manuals/desktops/0305916APM7100UG.PDF

Standard Hard Drive: 250 MB, 500 MB Int. HD Interface: SCSI

from:

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/specs/powermac_7100_66.html

it will be very difficult to find a computer that can still read a SCSI drive.

Does the unit power up and work? what version MacOS is it running? { OS7.1 to OS9 }

No USB, No Firewire, No Wi-Fi.

It does appear to have an AAUI Ethernet port, which converts to RJ-45 Ethernet jack with AAUI adapter.

Good points, jan Hedlund!

Remember that the last floppy drive that could read an 800K Mac floppy was installed in a beige Mac, and no third-party 800K drives were ever sold. You must use HD discs to write an 1.2 MB format-- they have TWO square holes on the disc. The oxides on the ones without two holes is different, and your data will be gone in a few MINUTES if you use the wrong discs.

You MAY be able to use Mac File Sharing (over Ethernet) if you are running a later version like OS9. Mac File Sharing was widely compatible, and may be worth trying. It would share using Apple File Protocol (AFP) the current default, SMB, came much later.

(＞人＜;)