Nutty, I think Scola's right. It's probably a little more complex than you'd like, but less complex than what you're trying to do. And then you wouldn't have to move any data.
I'm a single undead gal trying to make it in the big city. I have to start somewhere and they're evil here. They don't judge. They've got necro-tempered glass. No burning up. A great medical plan, and who needs dental more than us?
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Sean K - Oct 10, 2005 7:48:08 am PDT #4854 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Dana - Oct 10, 2005 7:48:51 am PDT #4855 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Husband and I tried something like this a while ago, when we got the new computer, and never did get it to work. Old machine has Win95 and a USB 1.0 slot thing, so it seemed like our only option was serial cable. And then we could never get the machines to talk.
tommyrot - Oct 10, 2005 7:49:40 am PDT #4856 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If you still wanna go the cable route, try googling 'dos file transfer parallel cable'.
bon bon - Oct 10, 2005 7:51:11 am PDT #4857 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Good luck, Nutty. I tried that earlier this year and found 4 or 5 old websites offering directions on direct cable connection. I could never get it to work. But the first site I tried is here: [link]
tommyrot - Oct 10, 2005 7:52:21 am PDT #4858 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
it seemed like our only option was serial cable. And then we could never get the machines to talk.
Well, with a serial cable I know you need a null modem cable, not a regular serial cable.
Damn, I actually have one of those. Of course, it's not marked "null modem cable" on it anywhere. So some day, possibly years from now, I will become very frustrated because I'll have forgotten the possibility that it might be a null modem cable.
And you might say that I'll never had reason to use a serial cable again, but with my interest in vintage compters, I'm sure I will.
§ ita § - Oct 10, 2005 7:53:20 am PDT #4859 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Daddy, what's a 'modem'?
tommyrot - Oct 10, 2005 7:56:11 am PDT #4860 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A "modem" is the little cage where the mouse lived when it was not carrying punch cards to and from other computers.
Consuela - Oct 10, 2005 7:57:14 am PDT #4861 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Nutty, I totally just installed the old hard drive into the new computer. Wasn't actually hard at all, and there are usually slots for them in the new pcs. That gives you a built-in backup directory, as well, if the new hard drive ever goes south.
Theodosia - Oct 10, 2005 8:01:04 am PDT #4862 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Nutty, you might think about contacting one of the local computer repair stores, because they could probably pull the hard drive from out of the old and put the info on a DVD for you, for a modest fee.
DXMachina - Oct 10, 2005 8:02:11 am PDT #4863 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
What everyone else said about installing the old hard drive in the new computer. The only tricky part is remembering to move the little jumper piece on the back of the drive from the "master" to the "slave" position.