Need some help with an old iMac:
Here the background:
iMac (circa late 1990's) with front loading CD
Modem and Network interface do not work (don't know why), spent several hours with my ISP trying to fix, they saw MAC address for my router, and other PC's connected directly to the cable modem, but not iMac when connected directly to cable modem.
I need to transfer photos from this machine to a PC before I send it to the afterlife.
Here's what I've tried:
1) USB drive - iMac needs updated driver installed for the device (I've tried a Dell USB drive, a Kingston USB drive, and a CopmUSA USB drive - none are recognized).
2) To update the drive, I searched the USB drive vendor sites and found nothing. I did run across USB_Storage1.3.5.smi.bin (I am hoping this will have the necessary drivers to recognize the USB drive) and dowloaded to my PC (remember, I have not network/modem access), burned it to a CD and tried to read the CD with the iMac - iMac did not recognize the CD and wanted to initialize it.
So here are the questions:
1) Is the key to solving this getting the file USB_Storage1.3.5.smi.bin onto the iMac so that it will recognize the USB drives?
2) If so, how do I burn this to a CD on a PC in such a way that the iMac will recognize the CD?
3) Is there an easier way (again, no modem or network access) to get transfer the files?
Thanks!
ral_ct
Here the background:
iMac (circa late 1990's) with front loading CD
Modem and Network interface do not work (don't know why), spent several hours with my ISP trying to fix, they saw MAC address for my router, and other PC's connected directly to the cable modem, but not iMac when connected directly to cable modem.
I need to transfer photos from this machine to a PC before I send it to the afterlife.
Here's what I've tried:
1) USB drive - iMac needs updated driver installed for the device (I've tried a Dell USB drive, a Kingston USB drive, and a CopmUSA USB drive - none are recognized).
2) To update the drive, I searched the USB drive vendor sites and found nothing. I did run across USB_Storage1.3.5.smi.bin (I am hoping this will have the necessary drivers to recognize the USB drive) and dowloaded to my PC (remember, I have not network/modem access), burned it to a CD and tried to read the CD with the iMac - iMac did not recognize the CD and wanted to initialize it.
So here are the questions:
1) Is the key to solving this getting the file USB_Storage1.3.5.smi.bin onto the iMac so that it will recognize the USB drives?
2) If so, how do I burn this to a CD on a PC in such a way that the iMac will recognize the CD?
3) Is there an easier way (again, no modem or network access) to get transfer the files?
Thanks!
ral_ct