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anthk 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: How to copy a file from a 30-year-old laptop

Linux will mount HFS drivers and files like nothing...

This setup it's overcomplicated and hackey, but dumb in the end. You can mount old SCSI drivers with modern adaptors just fine, and Linux/BSD will either mount or extract HFS images with unar (I think) or hfsutils/hfstools.

Or just spawn ymodem/zmodem compatible software (as he used a Fax setup for modem) and the problem would be solved in minutes.

bombcar 8 months ago [–]

Also it's a 30 year old Apple laptop - there are tons of resources available on how to do things with them.

But, this worked with what he had at the time, so, eh, fun times.

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