the Mac Classic has a SCSI port... try an external SCSI drive (is that wat the Jasmine drive is?)
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Lavita <lavitanu...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a lurker on the list but wonder if I could ask a question about my > beloved Mac Classic. I've done every workaround I can think of to no > avail.My goal is to get my Mac up so I can read old backup disks OR the > Jasmine external 40 GB hard drive that was connected in the days of yore > when the machine was functional. > > When I boot the machine, it looks for the OS (I think on the hard drive), > so I need to boot from the original startup disks. The Mac does not > recognize the Jasmine is connected and when I search for the drive, the Mac > gets in a loop looking for the drive. So this doesn't work. I've tried > opening backup disks with the Jasmine connected, and this doesn't work > either.So I thought I would call Jasmine but found they went out of > business. I don't know what company gobbled them up. > > So in lieu of getting the existing external Jasmine working which I don't > think will happen or locating someone that might have a machine where I > could read the backup disks, what are my other options? Does anyone know > what kind of external Jasmine-like drive that is compatible with Mac Classic > that I might be purchase and connect so I can read the backup disks? > > Sorry for the long email. I'm frustrated and undereducated on the subject - > hope this makes sense.I love this Mac and want to use it again. > > Lily > > > > > > -- Admin of Everystuff Tew [sa-mp] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
