<div dir="ltr">Yes<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Michael R. Hoffmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robolaw@aol.com">robolaw@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Any reason the mac's couldn't be connected to a 10-baseT hub & the old drive shared, so whatever is wanted on the new one could be transferred?<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
On Aug 7, 2008, at 1:21 PM, James Lagnese wrote:<br>
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I believe it used IDE.<br>
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On Thursday, August 07, 2008, at 01:05PM, "CW Smith" <<a href="mailto:cwsmith7@gmail.com" target="_blank">cwsmith7@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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The one problem I would foresee here is that the Performa likely uses<br>
a SCSI hard drive, and that SCSI --> USB and SCSI --> FireWire devices<br>
are flaky at best. Might not be the best of all options.<br>
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Peace,<br>
CW<br>
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On Aug 7, 2008, at 11:52 AM, Chris Tyrrell wrote:<br>
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Hi Kat.<br>
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One possibility is to extract the drive from the Performa, drop it<br>
in an external drive enclosure with USB connectivity, then connect<br>
the USB drive to the iMac. From there, you can email docs to<br>
yourself and retrieve the mail on the ThinkPad, or copy them to a<br>
flash drive which you'd then use to transfer them to the ThinkPad.<br>
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The thought of removing the drive from the Performa might sound<br>
scary, but it's really quite easy, though I don't recall what form<br>
factor that machine is (some are easier than others). Hard drive<br>
enclosures are available at computer stores. For instance, Best Buy<br>
has this one for $50.<br>
<a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8774301&st=hard" target="_blank">http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8774301&st=hard</a>+drive+enclosure&lp=2&type=product&cp=1&id=1204332553274<br>
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Later on, put a new, larger, drive in the enclosure and use it with<br>
the ThinkPad for backups.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Chris<br>
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On Aug 7, 2008, at 9:19 AM, <a href="mailto:starcat@letterboxes.org" target="_blank">starcat@letterboxes.org</a> wrote:<br>
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Hello from a new member.<br>
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I have a Performa 636CD, got it in '94 or '95 and used it through<br>
2001<br>
when I upgraded to a used iMac. I still have and occasionally use<br>
the<br>
iMac and also recently inherited a ThinkPad (I know, I know,<br>
evil... but<br>
free). There are a number of files (mostly Word) on the Performa<br>
that I<br>
would like to transfer to one of the other computers, but I'm at a<br>
complete loss as to how to do this. The CD drive on the Performa is<br>
read-only. Neither the iMac nor the laptop has a floppy drive. My<br>
only<br>
internet access right now is through an air card on the PC (I live in<br>
the middle of nowhere with no other connection options except dial<br>
up).<br>
I do have a dial-up modem for the Performa but no dial-up access.<br>
<br>
I am far from a computer expert. I'm fairly adept at doing what I<br>
need<br>
to do, but in terms of anything beyond the basics I'm useless. I<br>
don't<br>
even know whether the files would even be readable at this point -<br>
some<br>
of them are 13 years old - but even having unformatted text from<br>
these<br>
files would be meaningful.<br>
<br>
Purchasing hundreds of dollars worth of stuff to accomplish this<br>
really<br>
isn't an option right now, so the cheaper the solution, the better.<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!<br>
<br>
kat<br>
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