Flailing about, looking for a dead SIMMple weg to move files between
Win98 and Win7.

My tortured fantasy is a NAS with USB and ethernet.

Win7 [Dell 7010] -- USB -- NAS -- ethernet -- Win98 [Model 90]

Let the H8tefest begin!

On Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7:42:49 AM UTC-5, Louis Ohland wrote:
> Flailing about, looking for a dead SIMMple weg to move files between
> Win98 and Win7.
>
> My tortured fantasy is a NAS with USB and ethernet.
>
> Win7 [Dell 7010] -- USB -- NAS -- ethernet -- Win98 [Model 90]
>
> Let the H8tefest begin!

LapLink?

On Thu, 2 Feb 2023 06:42:58 -0600, Louis Ohland <ohland@charter.net>
wrote:

>Flailing about, looking for a dead SIMMple weg to move files between
>Win98 and Win7.
>
>My tortured fantasy is a NAS with USB and ethernet.
>
>Win7 [Dell 7010] -- USB -- NAS -- ethernet -- Win98 [Model 90]
>
>Let the H8tefest begin!

If they are both on the network it is just drag and drop. Once you set
the W/7 machine sharing to "everyone" the w/98 sees it just fine. I
still have a w/98 machine on my network.
There is also a good chance everything on the W/98 machine would fit
on a thumb drive and you can "sneaker net" it. If you don't have the
USB mass store driver on W/98 it is around on the interweb.

> If they are both on the network it is just drag and drop. Once you set
> the W/7 machine sharing to "everyone" the w/98 sees it just fine. I
> still have a w/98 machine on my network.

Windows XP was the last to support SMB1 natively, so it will need to be installed for Windows 7 (I think even 10+ turns an activated SMB1 off if not used within a 30 or 40 day period) to share files with an older OS. Since Louis is going directly from one system to the other over Ethernet, that doesn't have a security risk for the Windows 7 system. However, if he has it on the Internet (which it may be through its main NIC) with SMB1, that is a risk without a good firewall.

System to system. On-board NIC connects to cable modem. NIC in 7010 PCI
slot runs to Model 90.

IBMMuseum wrote:
>> If they are both on the network it is just drag and drop. Once you set
>> the W/7 machine sharing to "everyone" the w/98 sees it just fine. I
>> still have a w/98 machine on my network.
>
> Windows XP was the last to support SMB1 natively, so it will need to be installed for Windows 7 (I think even 10+ turns an activated SMB1 off if not used within a 30 or 40 day period) to share files with an older OS. Since Louis is going directly from one system to the other over Ethernet, that doesn't have a security risk for the Windows 7 system. However, if he has it on the Internet (which it may be through its main NIC) with SMB1, that is a risk without a good firewall.
>

You should be able to just turn on file sharing on both machines and
drag/drop. The only trick is on the 7 machine, right click Share with,
then specific people and "add" "everybody" from the pull down You
should see permissions in the bottom box, Default is read only but you
can make it R/W
You might also see "advanced sharing" but it works the same way on the
shared directory, I think one is w/7 pro and the other home.

On Thu, 2 Feb 2023 16:42:14 -0600, Louis Ohland <ohland@charter.net>
wrote:

>System to system. On-board NIC connects to cable modem. NIC in 7010 PCI
>slot runs to Model 90.
>
>IBMMuseum wrote:
>>> If they are both on the network it is just drag and drop. Once you set
>>> the W/7 machine sharing to "everyone" the w/98 sees it just fine. I
>>> still have a w/98 machine on my network.
>>
>> Windows XP was the last to support SMB1 natively, so it will need to be installed for Windows 7 (I think even 10+ turns an activated SMB1 off if not used within a 30 or 40 day period) to share files with an older OS. Since Louis is going directly from one system to the other over Ethernet, that doesn't have a security risk for the Windows 7 system. However, if he has it on the Internet (which it may be through its main NIC) with SMB1, that is a risk without a good firewall.
>>