Oh, that's too funny. Since nobody has gotten back to me, do you need an Ethernet card? Just pay postage.
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Michael Galant <[email protected]>wrote: > > Since someone else said that it won't work over a modem, I'm trying to > do AppleTalk. I don't believe that my Color Classic has ethernet > capabilities, so I am trying to use the printer ports and a serial > cable. [Yes, the website that I got info from said "AppleWorks"]. > > Thanks. > > Tyrone L. Warbasse wrote: > > Are you using a phone modem? I've only done AppleTalk over Ethernet. > > Also, are you sure you meant AppleWorks? That's an office suite that > > allows you to make word processing files, spreadsheets, databases, > > etc. I don't know of any communication options in that application. > > > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Michael Galant > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > I am going to try to copy files from my color classic to a pci > > Powermac > > that I have, connecting each to a modem and then connecting the > modems > > to each other. Does anyone know the correct settings to use with the > > Microphone LT software? I found a website that explains the correct > > settings using AppleWorks, but I don't have AppleWorks. > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > Wolf wrote: > > > the drive in the CC is a SCSI 50 pin drive > > > if you have some SCSI stuff lying around... or a PC with a SCSI > > card... > > > or maybe some kind of serial cable, from the modem/printer port to > a > > > serial port on a PC (or newer Mac?) and some terminal software, i'd > > > say HyperTerminal on a PC and maybe Claris on the CC? > > > im not too sure on the serial part though, i never did it with a > > > compact Mac, only to IBM laptops > > > consider what you would do with the files once off the drive? > > maybe if > > > you could get the drive hooked to a SCSI interface on another > > machine, > > > you could image it and load the resulting disk image it into a 68k > > > emulator like Basilisk2, and have access to both yer data and the > > > programs that created that data, running under the OS that was > > on the > > > CC... > > > or use floppies, it wasn't too bad with a couple of 1440k floppies > > > when i backed up my Classic to my ThinkPad > > > just my thoughts > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Michael Galant > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > I have a Color Classic that I no longer use. I would like > > to copy my > > > files onto another computer and then wipe the computer of all > my > > > personal information, after which I would like to donate the > > computer > > > to someone who wants to use it. The person could pick it up > > here in > > > Los Angeles or I could ship it if the person who wants the > > computer > > > could reimburse me the cost of shipping it. > > > > > > So my questions are: > > > > > > 1) Is there a way to remove the hard drive from the Color > > Classic and > > > temporarily convert it into an external USB drive? If I > > could do > > > that, that means that I could transfer my data files to my > > PC, which > > > has software that allows it to read mac files. Then I would > > put the > > > hard drive back into the Color Classic. Of course, if > > there's another > > > way to copy my data files off the hard drive without doing > > all of this > > > (short of transferring it little by little to floppy disks), > > that > > > would be great, too. (Maybe some type of data cable between > > the old > > > computer and my PC?) > > > > > > 2) Is there a way to remove all of my personal data without > > wiping > > > the hard disk entirely blank? I'd rather not wipe it > > entirely blank, > > > since presumably whoever wants the computer would want to > > have the > > > system software already installed, and I'm not sure if I > > have the > > > system disks around anymore (I've had the computer since 1994). > > > > > > I haven't used the computer in quite some time, but the last > > time I > > > tried, it was working just fine. I could just take it in to a > > > recycling / e-waste center, but I'd rather have the computer > > be used > > > since it still works. > > > > > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Handyman Franchises. Click Here. > > > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/BLSrjpYbiOJYENUBNaLHvabcus8hqzz1JxyH5fehTkHeGEwKc0LUIU3GOhK/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tyrone L. Warbasse > > > > My Personal Blog and Podcast: > > http://www.totallyparanoia.com/ > > > > or > > > > http://www.tyronewarbasse.blogspot.com/ > > > > And for Twitter: > > coffee4binky > > > > "Don't Tread on Me!" > > > > I thought things were bad in politics, then I had the disprivilege of > > re-watching Club Mario! > > > > http://www.mariowiki.com/Club_Mario/ > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Largest network of startups. 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