[Web4lib] SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC - HOW TO CONNECT AN OLD PC TO OUR INTERNET CONNECTION?

[Tim McMahon - West Liberty Public Library]

Another idea would be to rip the hard drive out of the old machine and 
put it in a new one then just copy the files over.

Francis Kayiwa wrote:
> 
> On Oct 8, 2007, at 12:13 PM, Frances, Melodie wrote:
> 
> 
>>
>> I have an old (windows 98) pc that only has a phone connection on it -
>> Is there any kind of adaptor that I can use to connect a phone plug in
>> to an Ethernet connection? Something like a jack that would have the
>> phone connection on one end (small) and the Ethernet connection on the
>> other?
> 
> Is there anything more you can give us than a Windows 98 PC? Do you have 
> the original manual that shipped with the hardware handy. I am assuming 
> otherwise that you computer only shipped with a phone modem and no 
> ethernet. If that is the case then you would need to get a ethernet 
> adaptor that you can plug into your motherboard. (Here's where the 
> manual comes handy for recommendations)
> 
> You can always go to your computer manufacturer's website and see if 
> they still have it (the manual) available. The assumption here is that 
> your motherboard will have expansion slots for the additional card.
> 
> regards,
> ./fxk
> 
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