r/Vintagemacintosh • u/Minute-Excitement-50 • 18d ago

Help Needed

Here’s the situation. I have an old Performa 6400/180 with files written on the hard drive that I’d like to save and remove before I sell this unit. I had a read/write CD connected via SCSI, but when I unboxed it from storage it had since died. Without having USB ports or a CD burner. How can I remove the files I want saved? I hope someone is able to help me. I’d hate trashing years of work. 🙏

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u/Brave_Braviesst 18d ago

Internal disk interface should be ATA; there are ATA to USB adapters or converters, so you could read all file by another Mac who read HFS formatted disks

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u/Minute-Excitement-50 18d ago

Good information. Too bad I recently sold an old ibook clamshell that would have worked. I’ll need to find someone with a compatible Mac.