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thewayneOr a computer geek with something to prove!
I succeeded in sucking the files off my wife's computer, though it took some time to configure it. I couldn't do it with a Win 10 computer, so I dug out the OOOOOOLD box -- XP. Only two generations newer than the Compaq. They both spoke the concept of Workgroups, which 10 does not. Once I set up a common workgroup and confirmed they could see each other through the router with a ping, I created a share on my XP box, linked the Compaq to it and had no problem copying stuff to it. I even went and xcopy'd her bookmark*.html to it so if she had anything interesting there, it'll be preserved.
I even found her PhD thesis from 20 years ago in LaTex files!
It was pretty small, only 100 meg. Copied it on to a flash drive, then up to Dropbox.
Mission accomplished. I'm leaving everything set up so she can review the Compaq before I break it down, then we have to figure out what we'll do with the old beastie.
I succeeded in sucking the files off my wife's computer, though it took some time to configure it. I couldn't do it with a Win 10 computer, so I dug out the OOOOOOLD box -- XP. Only two generations newer than the Compaq. They both spoke the concept of Workgroups, which 10 does not. Once I set up a common workgroup and confirmed they could see each other through the router with a ping, I created a share on my XP box, linked the Compaq to it and had no problem copying stuff to it. I even went and xcopy'd her bookmark*.html to it so if she had anything interesting there, it'll be preserved.
I even found her PhD thesis from 20 years ago in LaTex files!
It was pretty small, only 100 meg. Copied it on to a flash drive, then up to Dropbox.
Mission accomplished. I'm leaving everything set up so she can review the Compaq before I break it down, then we have to figure out what we'll do with the old beastie.
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Date: 2017-09-06 08:21 pm (UTC)Perhaps a candidate for Damn Small or other tiny Linux builds?
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Date: 2017-09-07 12:28 am (UTC)I was very happy, as was The Spouse. Always good for to have Happy Spouse. No, I doubt I'll install *nix on it. Most likely I'll clean it up and donate it to a thrift shop. Or it'll molder in the corner for a while longer, unsure. If I need a *nix box, I'll spin up a VM on my Mac laptop or iMac if using a MacOS shell isn't good enough. If I need a dedicated one, I'll most likely use an RPi. My main issue is its size: I can plug a Pi directly in to a monitor and keyboard and I don't need Yet Another Box around the house.