Jan, I ordered one of those expensive USB connectors off ebay and it didn't fit (thankfully, he let me return it).
Even though the cable was indeed 50-pin, the drive (Miniscribe 8425s) uses some weird kind of connector that resembles an an old-school IDE PATA drive?
I've never seen anything like it...

I have since repaired the SE by purchasing a new drive. Do you know if it is possible to connect a SECOND drive?
Jan Hedlund wrote:
>1: Stick a floppy drive in the SE and copy files to it
Yes, if it is a floppy drive of the same type that you earlier removed, and if the Macintosh SE starts up OK from the hard disk. You would need 2DD/DSDD diskettes (PC pre-formatted disks will not be recognised, but can be reformatted to Mac in the SE). Do not use HD/2HD diskettes.
>I don't know if that will work, because the drive is questionable.
The floppy drive, not the hard drive?
>I removed it after getting the flashing Folder+?
The floppy icon with a flashing question-mark means that the computer cannot locate a valid system folder (on the hard disk in this case). What one then usually tries first is to boot the computer from a tools floppy of some kind, in order to check whether the hard disk (and its contents) can be detected. If necessary, one can run Disk First Aid to repair a damaged file system.
Which operating system version is on the Macintosh SE hard drive?
>2: Read those files from my PowerBook
Is it a PowerBook G3 Series (WallStreet or WallStreet II) with an original Apple floppy drive expansion bay module? If so, it ought to work (use Mac OS 8.x to 9.x on the PowerBook).
Jan
Jan Hedlund wrote:
>1: Stick a floppy drive in the SE and copy files to it
Yes, if it is a floppy drive of the same type that you earlier removed, and if the Macintosh SE starts up OK from the hard disk. You would need 2DD/DSDD diskettes (PC pre-formatted disks will not be recognised, but can be reformatted to Mac in the SE). Do not use HD/2HD diskettes.
>I don't know if that will work, because the drive is questionable.
The floppy drive, not the hard drive?
>I removed it after getting the flashing Folder+?
The floppy icon with a flashing question-mark means that the computer cannot locate a valid system folder (on the hard disk in this case). What one then usually tries first is to boot the computer from a tools floppy of some kind, in order to check whether the hard disk (and its contents) can be detected. If necessary, one can run Disk First Aid to repair a damaged file system.
Which operating system version is on the Macintosh SE hard drive?
>2: Read those files from my PowerBook
Is it a PowerBook G3 Series (WallStreet or WallStreet II) with an original Apple floppy drive expansion bay module? If so, it ought to work (use Mac OS 8.x to 9.x on the PowerBook).
Jan
Jan Hedlund wrote:
>1: Stick a floppy drive in the SE and copy files to it
Yes, if it is a floppy drive of the same type that you earlier removed, and if the Macintosh SE starts up OK from the hard disk. You would need 2DD/DSDD diskettes (PC pre-formatted disks will not be recognised, but can be reformatted to Mac in the SE). Do not use HD/2HD diskettes.
>I don't know if that will work, because the drive is questionable.
The floppy drive, not the hard drive?
>I removed it after getting the flashing Folder+?
The floppy icon with a flashing question-mark means that the computer cannot locate a valid system folder (on the hard disk in this case). What one then usually tries first is to boot the computer from a tools floppy of some kind, in order to check whether the hard disk (and its contents) can be detected. If necessary, one can run Disk First Aid to repair a damaged file system.
Which operating system version is on the Macintosh SE hard drive?
>2: Read those files from my PowerBook
Is it a PowerBook G3 Series (WallStreet or WallStreet II) with an original Apple floppy drive expansion bay module? If so, it ought to work (use Mac OS 8.x to 9.x on the PowerBook).
Jan