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Offline rbtunes

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Moving data from Iomega Jaz Disks to modern media
« on: February 17, 2015, 11:35:57 AM »
Hi All, I would like to get the data from several 1GB Jaz disks onto USB drives or other modern media.  I have three working SCSI Jaz drives, and am considering buying a Mac running OS9 so I can do this.  I have heard that drivers for the Jaz drives are iffy in OSX, as are SCSI/USB connectors with Jaz Drives.  Clearly, I should have kept my old G3 running OS9!  Anyone have any experience doing this, or have a computer with both SCSI and USB?  If all else fails, could connect the drive to an OS9 Mac and burn CD or DVD rom disks.  Any suggestions?  Thanks much!

Offline Syntho

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Re: Moving data from Iomega Jaz Disks to modern media
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2015, 07:21:16 PM »
I run Jaz drives all the time in my studio. I have a Windows 7 machine or two that both have SCSI PCI cards in them. an earlier Mac Pro will also take them as long as it's got a PCI slot. You'll be fine.