Dave wrote: >I bought a "NuDesign " Magneto Optical drive for my MacIIx years ago and had >nothing but problems with it. [...] >Most of my 25 disks are unreadable now and I can't even retrieve the data >from them. Has any one else had such miserable luck with MO drives, and is >there any good drivers out there for them?
Maybe, just maybe, the freeware utilitiy 'SunTar 2.3' is something for you. Just about the weirdest program I've ever seen... I quote the readme: 'its original purpose was to communicate, acting as a bridge between a UNIX workstation and the Mac if a few, minimal hardware requirements are met: that is, a physical medium (a mass storage device) must be connected to both machines. That's usually easy with floppy disks but almost any SCSI device may be used instead. Finally, handling devices requires some bookkeeping: this may be seen as a third personality; some time ago I used suntar to resurrect a SyQuest cartridge which, according to Norton Utilities, was completely lost. That's because all available utilities access the disk at a rather high level, and can't solve even the simplest problems arising at a lower level.' It's a 368k folder, readme's included. Don't know where it came from, so let me know if you want it. -mart -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
