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Getting data off an old computer
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Windows
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Computing in general
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01092888
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Evan i am sure that you have thought about it, but could you put in a new network card, or an old one from another old pc, that isn't coax?. by the way i'm impressed you still have a working 286, i remember seeing one when i was in secondary school and it really got me interested in computers.
Slán
~M

>I have a 20 meg image file that I have to get off an old 286's WORM drive. I'm trying to do this without buying any new hardware, but will buy some hardware if I have to.
>
>- I can't install the WORM drive into a new computer, since none have SCSI cards in them
>- I can't copy the data to the hard drive and move the hard drive to a new computer since none of our new computers have SCSI connectors
>- the NIC is COAX and we don't have any COAX to twisted pair convertor
>- no USB connectors on the old computer to install an external drive or thumb drive
>- no ZIP drive, not sure if one would work on that vintage of computer
>
>The best option that I can think of is perhaps to use PKZIP and a ton of floppies to get the data off.
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>Any better ideas how to get the data off?
Go raibh maith agat

~M
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