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Serial to USB?

Zipppy · 2024-10-13 12:43:26

I've an old win98 laptop, ancient yoke, IBM thinkpad. I want to get some files off it but its only got a serial port. If I get a Serial to USB cable can I transfer to something?

13-10-2024 12:43pm

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Zipppy

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I've an old win98 laptop, ancient yoke, IBM thinkpad. I want to get some files off it but its only got a serial port.
If I get a Serial to USB cable can I transfer to something?

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#2 13-10-2024 12:47pm

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Does it have any PCMCIA or Cardbus slots? It'd be much faster and a lot less fiddly to add even 100mb ethernet to it instead.

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