To get a serial connection from PC to Mac is quite possible, but you
need to make sure you have the correct cable.
Here's one source of info
http://www.ccadams.org/se/serial.html
hth.. AD
Hi All,
I have been given a Mac Performa 580 which holds some company data
from 8 years ago. They have been happily using this database to
occasionally look for reference numbers, approximately once every
couple of months.
The Mac is still working fine, as you'd expect ! Although the screen
is getting a bit faded as you'd expect also. So the users have thought
about getting the files accross onto a pc, well that wasn't as easy as
Ithought it would be.
I have a serial cable and have tried to hyperterm into it but get
nothing.
I don't know what the default config is meant to be, baud rate,
parity, tried a few combinations, and still didn't get anywhere.
There is a floppy drive on it, don't have any disks but even if I did
what is going to read them anyway ?
From what I can see the file is only ~800k it's a SYLK file I think ?
If anyone can help please let me know, happy to pay for help to get it
done. The best way might be for you to tell me how to do it rather
than me sending things as I'm in Tasmania Australia.
Cheers
Mark
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