[DuoList] How do I get a file off a 2400c w/ no disk or ZIP drives?

[Ronald P. Pfister]

Hello!

I assume you're running some flavor of OS 8 or 9 on your 2400c. Your  
best bet is trying to find another old-world Mac (i.e. one with a  
serial port), and connecting the two machines via file sharing. All  
you need is an Apple serial cable to connect the two machines. The  
same would work with another Mac (PowerBook, 1st gen iMac) with an  
infrared port, also via filesharing. You need to apply the correct  
settings in the AppleTalk, Users and Groups and File Sharing control  
panels, and all should work well. Consult the built-in help for  
detailed info on how to do this.

Finding someone with an early model G4 Titanium PowerBook (up to 667  
MHz) might be your best bet - that's the latest model Mac with a  
built-in infrared port, and it is OS 9 bootable.

Good luck!

Ron

PS: To connect to another machine with your PowerBook in SCSI disk  
mode, you need a  special dock cable/connector (they usually have a  
switch somewhere to change between normal and dock mode). If there's  
a mac shop near somewhere, they may be able to help.

On Nov 3, 2005, at 23:39, Iman Bhullar wrote:

> I have my thesis on a 2400c I've had for years. It has
> no modem, no disk drive and no CD. There's no way to
> get files on or off except through an external ZIP
> drive. The zip drive isn't working anymore (just
> happened today - why does it always happen when you
> need the thing the most?!!). I'm not sure what's
> wrong. I click on the "Iomega ZIP drive" icon and the
> computer freezes up until I unplug the drive. After I
> unplug the drive from the computer, it unfreezes gives
> me an error "No Iomega drives available."
>
> The problem is that I have a 75 page thesis on the
> computer that I've finished (well, almost) and I have
> to get it off to my professor by tomorrow (it's
> already a bit late). I'm thinking of just transcribing
> the whole thing from the laptop to one of the
> university computers, but that will take all day.
>
> Any suggestions? I was thinking about trying to
> connect it to a printer, but I can't load the printer
> drivers onto it (no way to get files on or off). The
> only drivers it has are what it came with back in '97
> or whatever. Also, I don't have the necessary cable.
> All I have is one that connects the SCSI Zip to the
> laptop.
>
> Any suggestions on how I can get the file off without
> transcribing it? According to the help menu, it says I
> can use my laptop as a SCSI drive - meaning I can
> connect it to another computer's SCSI port and
> transfer files - but the help menu is utterly
> unhelpful in telling you how to go about doing this.
> Any ideas?
>
> The laptop has an infared port. How does that work? Do
> they still make laptops with those?
>
> I think I'm going to have to start transcribing.
>
>
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