> I have a serial cable and have tried to hyperterm into it but get > nothing. <snip> > 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 ?
On Jul 1, 3:06 pm, Todd Brayer <[email protected]> wrote: > Find a PC with a floppy drive. There should be plenty of them around > considering PCs shipped with floppy drives pretty late, especially Dells and > other biz computers. Hey Magic, if it's only about an 800k file, DO go with the floppy idea, but DON'T put just any 3.5" disk in there. Through a long and tedious process I learned how to do what you wanna do. Just follow these steps and assuming you're using System 7 or later, this should work fine: a).Find an old Mac "2.0MB" disk that you DON'T need and know works in the Mac. This is the same kinda disk that a PC uses, but Apple could get more data on the disk and so it's called 2MB or HD/HDD (High Density Disk), rather that "IBM" 1.44MB. b). From a Windows XP/Vista/7 PC, insert the diskette and open "My Computer", then right-click on it when it shows up (as "A" drive usually) and select "Format". When the format dialog window comes up, make sure you choose FAT as the format type ( not FAT32, NTFS, etc.). Also, don't select "Quick Format", just to be safe. Remember, formatting erased all data from the disk! After the format, take the disk back to the Mac, and insert the formatted floppy. It should appear on the desktop (usually as "UNTITLED". c).Now, we need to prepare your 800k file for PC's that have no resource fork. So, use a compression utility to ZIP it and make sure the (zipped file) name is no longer than 8 characters, not including the extension (this is a limitation of FAT). Copy your new zip file to your freshly formatted disk in the Mac, then eject it (drag icon onto trash). d). Copy the new ZIP file to the PC from the disk and maybe make a few backups The final part may be cake or it may be a pain, depending on many things. Looks like you personally should unzip the file in a new directory in windows, then open Excel and select "Import File" (or whatever), then select the unzipped file to be imported. If that fails, the solution is too complicated for this post. If you need more help, send me the file and I'll have it in a PC AND working in under 30 mins.... But I hope you figure this out. Sounds like you have the technical knowledge to do it. Just do a bit of googling. I noticed CSV files are related to SLYK files, so maybe you can use Excel or on the Mac to Save/Export to a format that is known to work. E-mail me if I can help PCs and Macs have always used different Read/Write methods at the hardware level, but the disks were usually the same. The original Macs (after 128k floppys) had drives that used single or double sided disks. PCs had the same type, but Macs were called 800k and PC disks 720k, due to the differences in how they read the disks. Same for HD disks that were 2:0MB and 1.44MB respectively. Hope this help someone. -Joel On Jun 29, 6:27 pm, MrMagic <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
