BillTsnce6

Q: how to get data off old LC III drive

I have our first LC III computer that I gave to our in-laws...now they want data off of it and I don't know how to get it off easily.  The HD is a SCSI interface I think...can I use a SCSI to usb cable?  This machine was pre-ethernet, so no communication interface other than the printer port and a port for and old style modem. 

Posted on Aug 5, 2013 8:36 AM

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  • by Jan Hedlund,

    Jan Hedlund Jan Hedlund Aug 5, 2013 9:23 AM in response to BillTsnce6
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    Aug 5, 2013 9:23 AM in response to BillTsnce6

    Hi,

     

    It is not so easy to gain direct access to data on an old SCSI hard drive via a modern computer.

     

    An alternative could be to use 1.44 MB floppy disks for transfers. Another semi-old (pre-1998) Mac with Ethernet could then read these floppies and forward the data files over a network. A newer Mac would require a USB floppy drive.

     

    A Windows PC, with a floppy drive and a utility such as TransMac for the handling of Mac disks, could also be used.

     

    Yet another solution could be a serial null-modem transfer. See the following discussion for details:

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4974860?start=0&tstart=

     

    Jan