On Jun 29, 2011, at 6:27 PM, MrMagic 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 >
What system is on the 580? John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA Sent from my MBP -- ----- 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/
