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[jellyjim]

Hi

I'll spare you the details of why I want to do something as horrifying as use an old USB Iomega ZIP drive but, I'm assuming one will work with macOS/High Sierra without a fuss? It's just a USB device after all.

Jim

[ConcertinaChap]

As I struggled to contain my horror I found this with the help of that nice Mr Google.

CC

[jellyjim]

I found my answer yesterday with the drive itself. It works fine

[ConcertinaChap]

So, what family skeletons are rattling around on your old zip disks?

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[jellyjim]

Lol

I’m banging my head against a wall named “effortless transfer of files between modern Mac and ancient Akai MPC/S-series samplers”

I’d actually forgotten that the MPC2000 for example ... DOESN’T HAVE FOLDERS!!!!

Oh the humanity!

[ConcertinaChap]

[jellyjim]

Haha! I’m sitting in a Prét and that made me do a proper lol! People stared

[ken long]

Lol

I’m banging my head against a wall named “effortless transfer of files between modern Mac and ancient Akai MPC/S-series samplers”

I’d actually forgotten that the MPC2000 for example ... DOESN’T HAVE FOLDERS!!!!

Oh the humanity!

I use RS-16x for this. Seamless. Yo can also create programs and batch convert WAV to SND.

[CS70]

Lol

I’m banging my head against a wall named “effortless transfer of files between modern Mac and ancient Akai MPC/S-series samplers”

I’d actually forgotten that the MPC2000 for example ... DOESN’T HAVE FOLDERS!!!!

Oh the humanity!

"effortless" and "Akai" in the same sentence?

[Dave B]

Yes. As in "he picked up the Akai and with an effortless toss, smashed it against the wall"

[jellyjim]

I nearly took in a stray Akai S5000 the other day (it was going through my bins looking for food) but even that won't take flipping IDE drives! "SCSI?! Damn right you are!" I said. "Now on your way."

In happier news the USB ZIP drive I procurred was only £20 (boxed with two disks too). There are jokers on eBay asking three times that, or more even.

[jellyjim]

I use RS-16x for this. Seamless. Yo can also create programs and batch convert WAV to SND.

I'll look into that Ken, thanks

[ManFromGlass]

I could happily donate some scsi cables to the cause! Well I think they are scsi, the dust is so thick on them I can't tell.

[Logarhythm]

Do you need any more zip discs, Jim?
Just found a still-sealed box of 4x250meg discs and thought of this thread. I still have a PC with a zip drive but don't need any more discs - free to a good home if you can use them :tup:

[ManFromGlass]

The most painful thing I threw out was the MO drive and boxes of disks. Quite an investment of dough in that collection. I might even have the name wrong it was so long ago - was it magneto optical drive or just optical drive? But if the marketing dept had it correct those disks should still have the files safe and sound on them.
I hope the aliens have a disk reader that works and a Roland s-760 to load the samples into.