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

[Will Kurt]

If the goal is to get files off the computer I think the simplest 
solution is probably just to take out the current hard drive and plug 
it into another machine, and then copy the files over to that 
machines primary hard drive.  This shouldn't be significantly more 
complicated than adding an ethernet card and the transfer will be much faster.

--Will


At 01:31 PM 10/8/2007, 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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