Power Mac 6100 question.

[tekgeek]

I have a client whom has a Power Mac 6100 that has a broken monitor
she wants to get some old files off of this system to transfer to a
Dell PC ...

I bought her a 45pin to 15pin monitor adapter so she can just use
her PC monitor to view her files


the trouble I am coming across with is how to transfer files from
an old mac to a newer PC

I had found an Asante FriendlyNet AAUI RJ-45 transceiver - Mac that
has both bnc and rj-45 adapters on the end so I should be able to
connect it to a network router I am hoping ... but is there anything
else I need like maybe software to communicate from pc to mac?

I am mainly a PC guy I have very little knowledge about Mac's

anything simple will do
thanx for your time

[anonymous Mac Tech]

What OS is the Mac running?

[tekgeek]

I am supposed to be going over there tomorrow to help get her system up
and running so she can at least view her files I told her we were going to
worry about how to transfer them after that ... so I am going to have to
find that out tomorrow...


the system was built in 1994/95 and I guess she hasn't used it in years
she dropped the monitor and it broke ....

I will try to find that out tomorrow


--- edit ---
I just did a quick call and she mentions that she found some system 7 books
that go with the macintosh system

[angry_geek]

Also, what formats are her files in? I use mac drive to do this usually or a linux machine. The biggest problems I have run into are older office files. Sometimes, they need to be converted, and it's not always a successful process.

[tekgeek]

she wants to mainly get some older word files off her system...

she mentioned that she does have an old printer for her mac that
she can print stuff out if thats her only option

[tekgeek]

I ended up bringing the system home since her flat panel monitor
would not see the system but one of my older CRT monitors would

this system only had a floppy drive so I ended up copying and moving
them over to a linux box which openoffice would see every file and
then burned a cd ..

it was a lot easier than I thought it would be I just have to find out
if her microsoft office will be able to see everything