A "modem" is the little cage where the mouse lived when it was not carrying punch cards to and from other computers.
We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm the hero!
Wash ,'Jaynestown'
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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.
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.
Dana - Oct 10, 2005 8:03:40 am PDT #4864 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Well, with a serial cable I know you need a null modem cable, not a regular serial cable.
It was a null modem cable.
DXMachina - Oct 10, 2005 8:03:55 am PDT #4865 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
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.
Or I could come up do it for free some time.
Nutty - Oct 10, 2005 8:07:23 am PDT #4866 of 10003
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Well, it turns out XP has a connections wizard that might help me a bit. Of course, I think I will have to plug the monitor into the old box to configure the host PC properly.
Does that sound logical? I'd like to avoid downloading any new software if I can get away with it, because OldPC cannot handle downloads. (It's only got a phone modem, and I have no home phone line.)
Nutty - Oct 10, 2005 8:34:54 am PDT #4867 of 10003
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Crap. This is what happens when you only buy a computer every six years, isn't it? I guess that grabbing the old hardware and putting it into the new machine might be my only option.
Of course, I've never seen the inside of a PC in my life. (Not in person, anyway.) So this will definitely be a job for Superman someone else.
Consuela - Oct 10, 2005 8:36:26 am PDT #4868 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
You should give it a try, Nutty. It's not as hard as you think. You're Power Tools Gal, right?
Nutty - Oct 10, 2005 8:44:51 am PDT #4869 of 10003
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
There are power tools and then there is frying my only copy of a mangum opus because you zigged instead of zagged. Drywall will forgive you (or let you make it up with spackle) if you fuck up.
My brother fried somebody's motherboard when he was in highschool, by putting a piece somewhere backwards, and I am not a fan of the words "fry" and "computer" together in my presence. I think if it were straight electrical conduction, I would be willing to give it a shot; but when it's pieces that talk to each other, with electrical current running through them, then I will ask for help.
Signed,
has installed own phone jack, but made Other Flatmate set up the wireless router