Brooklyn bridge - LapLink - Fast lynx was Re: need help with an old ST-251 MFM drive...

From: joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Sat Jul 28 09:58:17 2001

At 01:21 PM 7/26/01 -0400, Mike wrote:


> > Any tips? Any other ideas about how to get the data off of this drive?
>
>And joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net> suggested:
>
> > How about LapLink or FastLynx? I've used both of them A LOT and they
> > work great for situations like this.
>
>Another suggestion would be Brooklyn Bridge. You can transfer files using
>a cable connecting the two parallel ports together. Also will work with the
>serial ports


     So will LapLink and Fast lynx. I found FastLynx to be faster so I use
it almost exclusively now. It will automaticly try ALL of the ports
including all of the serial, parallel and the networking ports and detect
any that are connected to another machine that's running FastLynx. Setup
is super fast and easy. FWIW I helped replace almost 14,000 computers at
MMC in Orlando and we used LapLink and Fastlynx to transfer the software
from the old PC to the new ones so I've had LOTS of experience with
them. As fas as I'm concerned these programs are indepensible for use when
tinkering with old computers that run MS-DOS. With these programs I don't
have to open one up, add or change drives or modify or add other hardware
in order to transfer files to and from it.

     Joe
Received on Sat Jul 28 2001 - 09:58:17 BST