It should then in principle be possible to copy files to a Zip disk in the SCSI drive at the SE and then to read the disk in the USB drive at a modern computer. Yet another alternative could be to look for two Zip 100 drives, one SCSI and one USB. Alternatively, a serial modem could be connected to the SE for transfers modem-to-modem (locally or via the phone lines). The latter (Mac or PC) would need a USB-to-serial adapter or a direct serial port and a corresponding communications program. If the Macintosh SE has a terminal emulation (communications) program, one could also arrange a null-modem transfer to a modern computer. If the intermediate computer has an Ethernet port, further transfers can be carried out via a local network or through the Internet. Computers from this period have built-in floppy drives for both 800K and 1.44 MB. 1991-1997 Mac to be used as an intermediate machine. One alternative could be to look for an inexpensive approx. With an FDHD Macintosh SE 1.44 MB floppies can be used, which would have allowed file transfers to a modern computer through a USB floppy drive. Unfortunately, there is no way of handling 800K Mac disks in a USB floppy drive. If it is a plain Macintosh SE (not the FDHD version), the computer would use 800K floppies. The adapters were originally intended for existing external SCSI devices when the iMac was introduced. However, it is not certain that these will work under a modern Mac operating system version, so you would really have to check that first before you buy. Yes, as you have noticed, there are some (relatively expensive) USB-to-SCSI adapters.

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