pixelmischief Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Does anyone (preferably U.S.-based) have a working SyQuest SyJet 1.5 drive? I have a couple of cartridges I want to recover the data from and mine crapped out. Maybe copy my stuff off and burn it to a DVD for me? Otherwise, if there's some trust, maybe I'll pay you to ship me the unit and do the recovery myself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionik Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I don't have one, but I did notice you can get SyJet drives for $45-$70 on eBay and even brand new on Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmischief Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Yeah. When I used the Google machine on the World Wide Interwebs, I found many for sale. I am hoping to not spend anywhere near that much to get the data off the cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickled_Pink Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I have one in its box in the garage. Got it off eBay for peanuts years ago but could never get it to work, it's an internal IDE drive so not sure if it had anything to do with the 'newer' motherboards I had when I tried it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I have a SyQuest EZ135 - are those compatible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmischief Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 Nah, the 135 gives you 135MB. The SyJet 1.5 gives you 1.5GB; 10 times more. Thanks for popping in on it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmischief Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 (edited) So, just to whet appetites for what might be on these 2 cartridges I have... I got them in a deal from a guy who lives in the East Village, NYC. He sold me a couple of Commodore monitors, a 1080 and a 1084. He also threw in a full compliment of Atari ST/TT/Falcon archive CD's; originals of Crawly Crypt, Suzy B's, Bird of Prey, etc. And...these 2 SyJet carts marked "Backup #1" and "Backup #2". What could be on them? Development backups? Who knows....but that's what I'm hoping for; some cool "light of day" stuff. Edited April 23, 2014 by pixelmischief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Nah, the 135 gives you 135MB. The SyJet 1.5 gives you 1.5GB; 10 times more. Thanks for popping in on it though. Ah well, sorry mate - I tried! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji-Man Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Does anyone (preferably U.S.-based) have a working SyQuest SyJet 1.5 drive? I have a couple of cartridges I want to recover the data from and mine crapped out. Maybe copy my stuff off and burn it to a DVD for me? Otherwise, if there's some trust, maybe I'll pay you to ship me the unit and do the recovery myself? Yes, I have a working syjet 1.5 drive. PM me for address FujiMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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