Powerbook 1400 as a target drive.

you need a apple SCSI target disk mode cable (google for it), and a USB to SCSI adapter. Check your IDs, and you should see it mounted on the desktop of your macbook.

If that does not work, come back, and i'll figure something else out.

-digital

Thanks for the tip. I think the solutions are getting simpler. I found a few scsi to USB2 CONVERTERS. They were about 80-$100 US. That's almost as much as my local tech service charges for a disk migration. While looking for this cable I found another suggestion to use a "USB 2.0 To IDE 2.5" 3.5" 2 Connector Adapter Cable IUJA" such as:
http://www.pcmicrostore.com/partdetail.aspx?q=p:10502969&kbid=1237
These are about $10-15. Question is, will my new osX support this solution? These cables seem to come with driver software. Does this sound like the right path?

Thanks for the tip. I think the solutions are getting simpler. I found a few scsi to USB2 CONVERTERS. They were about 80-$100 US. That's almost as much as my local tech service charges for a disk migration. While looking for this cable I found another suggestion to use a "USB 2.0 To IDE 2.5" 3.5" 2 Connector Adapter Cable IUJA" such as:
http://www.pcmicrostore.com/partdetail.aspx?q=p:10502969&kbid=1237
These are about $10-15. Question is, will my new osX support this solution? These cables seem to come with driver software. Does this sound like the right path?

AFAIK, OS X fully supports SCSI, but what you are talking about is a USB to IDE cable. That will not work. I know there was a board to convert an IDE hard drive to work in a SCSI bus on a laptop, but I don't know if the reverse is true.

digital

Why not pull the old HD out of the PowerBook and connect it via an external enclosure? Enclosures are much cheaper that SCSI -> USB adapters and it is a fairly straight froward process.

edit: Yes the adapter would work.

1. Buy a USB-IDE adapter, which includes a connection for a 2.5" laptop drive. (The adapter usually also includes an AC adapter in case the USB bus can't power the drive.). Try here:

http://dealmac.com/search.html?search=ide+usb+adapter&x=0&y=0

2. Remove the 1400's hard drive.

3. Attach HD to adapter, and adapter to new Mac. Transfer files.

Best,
Matt

OK I checked and the hard drive is EIDE inside, so I'll give the USB to IDE cable a try. Thanks for the tip.

Ok, I see you're going a different route now, but just for future reference you should never use a 1400 as a SCSI target if the internal drive is larger than 4GB. There's a firmware bug that can corrupt disks larger than that size in target mode.