From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 2014-06-02 18:18:56 +0000, William Vetter said:   
      
   > On Monday, June 2, 2014 6:37:00 AM UTC-4, A. Tina Hall wrote:   
   >> (am in book 7b now - 7 got too big to fit onto the backup floppy   
   >> along with the notes files when I was still writing on the old computer   
   >> and doing floppy drive backups).   
   >>   
   > If this computer is i486 or Pentium I or II and has a USB 1.1 or 2 port   
   > in the back of it, and you are using Windows 98 as the operating   
   > system, you can download free unauthorized patches to make Win 98   
   > recognize USB ports.  Then you can write your files to flashdrives.  I   
   > have done this with old computers that would run too slow with Win ME   
   > (first Win version that recognized USB), and it will let you handle   
   > larger files, and move them to modern PCs very easily.  Flashdrives are   
   > very cheap now.   
      
   Windows '98 could recognize and use USB ports, hubs, printers, etc.,   
   but not USB drives.   
      
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