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
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > >
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> >
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