All that is needed is to copy them to the 3.5" floppy and use an external drive to copy them to the eMac. If both computers are going to be used than an external drive is necessary anyway and the old computer can still be used for storage.
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Steve R <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> On Jan 17, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> The machine: A performa 550 (This is the dark ages for me, so bare >>>>> with me) Got text files on it from a software program of the time >>>>> (what software would they have used back then?). I need to transfer >>>>> these files and open them on my eMac? How in the blazes do I do >>>>> this? > > > Mail them to yourself as attachments. Use gmail to set up a throwaway > account if you can't access the gent's email application. If the > files are too large to mail and you don't want to split them, try an > online storage site -- a bit of a slog to upload/download but the > files get to your computer. > > Steve R > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
