At 08:54 AM 1/17/2023, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
To pick one example, I have an 1990s era Dell laptop
that no longer passes POST (it gives a "beep code" failure that I haven't
been able to cure). I would like to get whatever is on its hard disk, but that has a
proprietary interface as far as I can tell and I have nothing to plug it into.
Really? Maybe there's an odd Dell cable that goes from IDE to the mobo,
but I would be surprised if it was a proprietary drive.
- John