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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1570635" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Most Macintosh computers before 2000 had a SCSI interface. Macintosh computers from about 2000-2005 had an IDE/PATA interface. Finally...Macintosh computers from about 2006 thru today have an SATA interface. </p><p></p><p>If you don't know what all this means...it mostly has something to do with the cabling and connectors that connect the hard drive to the computers logic board.</p><p></p><p>I haven't searched...but it may be possible to find an external hard drive enclosure for SCSI hard drives...and has USB cabling to connect to say your more modern MacBook. </p><p></p><p>The 6400 computers hard drive is most likely setup to use old OS 8 or OS 9 (from the mid-late 1990's). To read these files/older setup...an older computer (prior to say 2005) may be best to use. I'm not 100% sure newer Intel Mac's can read files from an HD this old (I haven't tried).</p><p></p><p>So another option could be. Install the old 6400's HD into an external HD enclosure that accepts SCSI HD's...but also has a USB cable interface...so it can be plugged into a more modern computer to be read.</p><p></p><p>The problem is...this external HD enclosure for an SCSI HD is probably pretty hard to find (if it still exists)...and will almost definitely will cost than an old used computer similar in vintage to the 6400.</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1570635, member: 56379"] Most Macintosh computers before 2000 had a SCSI interface. Macintosh computers from about 2000-2005 had an IDE/PATA interface. Finally...Macintosh computers from about 2006 thru today have an SATA interface. If you don't know what all this means...it mostly has something to do with the cabling and connectors that connect the hard drive to the computers logic board. I haven't searched...but it may be possible to find an external hard drive enclosure for SCSI hard drives...and has USB cabling to connect to say your more modern MacBook. The 6400 computers hard drive is most likely setup to use old OS 8 or OS 9 (from the mid-late 1990's). To read these files/older setup...an older computer (prior to say 2005) may be best to use. I'm not 100% sure newer Intel Mac's can read files from an HD this old (I haven't tried). So another option could be. Install the old 6400's HD into an external HD enclosure that accepts SCSI HD's...but also has a USB cable interface...so it can be plugged into a more modern computer to be read. The problem is...this external HD enclosure for an SCSI HD is probably pretty hard to find (if it still exists)...and will almost definitely will cost than an old used computer similar in vintage to the 6400. - Nick [/QUOTE]
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