Hi, Jim Doesn't Win XP include the Hilgraeve Inc. "HyperTerminal" utility? I know it was included with Win 2000, but was removed from Vista. start programs accessories communications Regards, Ed Knobloch -- Jim Henderson <jim.henderson@xxxxxxxx> wrote: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 "thepccat@xxxxxxxx" <thepccat@xxxxxxxx> writes: > There is software plus cable means to transfer by parallel or serial port. One would have to find the stuff. As the customer asked, "Eh? Don't al= l computers have some kind of standard socket or something for a wire to d= o that?" Not really. All modern ones have both USB and Ethernet, either of which will do, but don't have floppy which is what the old machine is= supposed to use. Would have been two easy tranfers if he had upgraded first from a 1994 machine to a end of the century one and then to a 2004= one, but he skipped the intermediate generation. = As it happens, I have both serial and parallel transfer cables, and both= computers have that kind of port, but the software I have doesn't work under XP. <snip> To unsubscribe, send a message to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe juno_accmail" in the body or subject. OR visit //freelists.org ~*~