Alan,
I've not been able to make that work. I think the 1.4M floppy drives
are unable to physically read 800kB disks.
In the end what I did was to connect an 800kB external drive to a Mac
SE/30 with an internal 1.4MB drive.
That way I could move the data across. I got the Se/30 for about $100
on eBay and so it was reasonable value for me.
Geoff
On Sep 21, 2005, at 5:49 PM, whitman3 wrote:
Ken,
Thanks for your response. So if I get an external 1.4meg floppy
drive and a
newer machine, it will be able to read the data off the 800k
floppy? Will I
have a problem with the OS or are they all backward compatible?
Alan
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From: "Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Compact Macs" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: Macintosh SE 800k floppy data transfer
My Reply follows quote. On 21/09/2005 17:07 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
My Dad has an old Macintosh SE with 800k floppy drive that is on
the edge
of
failure and a LaserWriter plus that doesn't work. His immediate
problem is
that he can't print, so I am interested in the newest laser
printer that he
might be able to use (compatible) that I could pick up for a few
bucks on
EBay. The other question is, if I upgrade his computer to a G3 or
something
with a USB port for printing, how would I transfer the data that
exists on
his computer to the newer computer?
---------
Several options.
If you can get the floppy to work, archive the data the as many
floppies as it takes.
If there is another Mac around with serial ports, connect that
way and transfer the data via file sharing and AppleTalk.
If you have an external SCSI Hard Drive, connect it and move
the data to the SCSI drive. Of course, you will need another
Mac with a SCSI port in order to retrieve the data.
Many other options, but I have used these (I have a garage
full of old Macs and peripherials).
If all else fails, send the hard drive out of the SE to a kind
soul and have them install it in another machine or external case
and burn the data to CD. (I have done this for a few other folks).
Ken
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