[QCLUG] Non Linux, but Apple question

[RK]

Thanks Jim. I'll take a look for that battery. It
would be best if I can get it running on this machine
because I think I have to use one of the applications
installed on the machine to export the data they need
into a standard format (genealogy) for import into
something maybe less then 13 years old.

Ron Knapper

--- Jim Hall <volunteer.jim@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 1/8/07, Leif Theden <leif.theden@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > for things like this an, an external usb2.0
> hardisk enclosure is really
> > nice to have
> >
> > On 1/7/07, Paul Schlie <paul.schlie@gmail.com >
> wrote:
> > >
> > > If you plug the drive into a Linux system you
> can mount the hfs
> > > partitions and extract the data.  Any Mac will
> be able to extract the data
> > > though, it doesn't have to be a 6100.  You just
> have to get it connected.
> > > Is it a SCSI disk?
> > >
> > > On 1/6/07, RK < ronknapperpub@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > A friend just brought me their Apple PowerPC
> 6100 to
> > > > try and get data off of. It looks like the
> video is
> > > > bad. Does anyone have a 6100 I could plug this
> hard
> > > > drive into to extract his data? Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > by the by, My Mandriva box is working, but the
> printer
> > > > is printing everything tiny. Canon Pixma 780.
> Any
> > > > hints?
> > > >
> > > > Ron Knapper
> > > >
> > > >
> __________________________________________________
> > > >
> > >
> 
> 
> First: the drive is SCSI.
> 
> Second: the 6100 probably has somewhere around OS
> 8.5. Any Mac with a later
> OS and has either an internal SCSI drive or an
> external SCSI connection can
> read the drive directly.
> 
> Third: Paul is right about Linux being able to read
> the drive. However, Mac
> files, then, had a forked file structure. If you
> don't get both, the file is
> junk.
> 
> Forth: BEFORE you do anything else, try replacing
> the internal battery
> (looks like a miniature barrel). Some things on some
> Macs just will not work
> unless the battery is good. Can't guarantee it'll
> work, but it's the easiest
> thing to try.
> 
> If the battery doesn't work, report back and I'll
> find a Mac for you to use.
> 
> Jim
> 



 
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