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So it's having OS 9 in your chain that's allowing you to make this file transfer work?

I'm using a Mac Pro, running Leopard, with USB Zip and a Color Classic with OS 7.5 with a SCSI Zip (which is the first Mac I ever bought - in 1993 I think, and I've kept it all these years...).

Most often, I'm running an SP12 librarian on the Color Classic, but I also have used Alchemy via Emax Sample dump.  Which is sloooow.  And not ideal.

I'm thinking of resurrecting an old OS 9 laptop to replace the Color Classic, and I suppose I could keep my pipeline of MIDI sample dump and SP12 librarian, but still be able to swap disks between OS 9 and OS X.  Does that sound correct to you?

I'm not using Sound Designer right now, but Alchemy has been great, minus the speed.  Which would improve with the addition of a more contemporary OS 9 machine.  Processing only of course, not MIDI sample dump.  Why are you guys using Sound Designer over Alchemy?



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On Nov 29, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Francis Cote <francis.cote@...> wrote:

> What are your other machines?
> 
> I got a Quadra 700 lately with OS 7.1. I used a Zip disk to do it. BUT, it
> took 3 machines... Please don't laugh, but on the moment, it was what I
> found to work. So here is the chain...
> 
> Downloaded everything on my MBP running Snow Leopard. (My original plan was
> to use SheepShave, but for some reason it won't start anymore.)
> 
> Formated the zip disk on the Quadra. When I was doing it on the Powerbook
> Wallstreet with OS 9, the Quadra couldn't read it. My wallstree has an
> internal VST Zip drive, and I have a PCMCIA CompactFlash in it.
> 
> So I transfered the files from the MBP on a CompactFlash.
> Then copied the files from the CF to the Zip disk with the PB G3.
> Then I read the files on the Quadra from the Zip disk.
> 
> Complicated a bit, yes. But I'm getting an Ethernet adapter for the Quadra,
> then I'll probably setup an FTP server, since we can't rely on either SMB
> or Appel Share protocols.
> 
> Point is... If you have a functional Sheep Shaver, I think it should work.
> I stopped f'ing around with it after 30 min, and my kitchen table looked
> really cool with 3 generations of Macs running at the same time, and I had
> I sort of fun after all! I had taken a day off. It was also the day of my
> divorce when my wife arrived home... lol
> 
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> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Johnny Tomasello <johnny@...>wrote:
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>> 
>> I'd actually like to know the answer to this as well. Ever since Mac OS
>> Snow Leopard they've disabled copying to (but not from) disks formatted on
>> older systems. I've tried SCSI as well as floppy, without luck. The only
>> thing I could get to work was formatting the disk as an old PC format, but
>> then the older Mac truncates the files to 8 letter names with 3 letter
>> extensions.
>> 
>> It did used to be as easy as formatting the disk and putting it in the new
>> Mac to transfer files. I haven't tried Ethernet, but there's no reason to
>> think that would work either.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Nov 29, 2011, at 1:39 AM, "jdchevallier" <joel.chevallier@...>
>> wrote:
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>>> 30 dollars on craigslist...not too shabby!
>>> 
>>> I realize this has likely been covered on the forums, but I've done some
>> searching to no avail, so...
>>> 
>>> How do get the Sound Designer files or Alchemy onto disks? I've tried
>> formatting a floppy in the Mac Classic and then throwing it into my USB
>> drive on my new mac...gues that would be too easy.
>>> 
>>> If anyone can give me some direction, or even point me to where this
>> question has been answered on the forums previously I'd truly appreciate it.
>>> 
>>> Thanks guys!
>>> 
>>> joel
>>> 
>>> 
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