Friday, June 30, 2006

Zip Disk + Quicktake 150 Photo Rescue

So. I thought, "hey, I've got a little time on my hands, I'll just fire up the Power Macintosh 8600, stick it on the network, and copy off this ZIP disk full of Quicktake 150 pictures to a more modern machine before the ZIP disk dies. What could be simpler?" HAH!

I was able to copy the files off the ZIP disk easily enough, and even downloaded an FTP client. Problem seems to be that Apple, in its infinite wisdom, used a custom Quicktime codec for these image files. So, now I'm putting sticky tape over the holes in the HD 3.5" diskettes to make it think that they are 800k diskettes, so I can install the Quicktake Software, so I can read the images on the old Mac. Then what? I guess then I somehow find ancient GraphicConverter (System 7.6.1, please) and convert them to JPEG's. Woo.

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