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Bridget ([personal profile] bugshaw) wrote2010-10-15 09:13 pm
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Parallel ports and round mouse sockets

I'm plugging in the PC before the PC before last. I wonder if it will work?

If the Internet works I think the easiest way to get data off it will be emailing zip files to myself.

There may be an edit later asking if anyone wants a Win95 machine, or I'll try FreeCycle.
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[identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com 2010-10-15 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Here I am, back in history, on the old Win 98 machine with Office 95 and IE 5. I appear to have cleared most of my old documents from it already, very foresighted.

Anyone want?

[identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com 2010-10-15 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah no, there's megs on the D, E, F drives. And gmail doesn't work in IE5.

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2010-10-15 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
If it's windows 95 I'd guess it doesn't have USB and may still have the old AT card slots, which could be seriously limiting.

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2010-10-15 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry, Windows 98 - better, but incompatible boards might still be a problem.

[identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com 2010-10-15 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
No USB, yes floppy drive!

[identity profile] pjc50.livejournal.com 2010-10-15 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Networking? I have serial and possibly even a parallel link cable somewhere..

[identity profile] pjc50.livejournal.com 2010-10-15 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Although tbh the easiest way of getting data off it is probably to take the drive out and put it in another machine temporarily.

[identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com 2010-10-15 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Poking around on my current machine, I find I did cunningly transfer everything across at the time - hurrah!
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