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Old 2nd Mar 2021, 09:36
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Uplinker
 
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I restored all the Psion data from the PC so have got back all the old contacts and data that was stored on my Psion.

I have an HDD from a family member's upgraded iMac. This other drive is 2Gb and has exactly the right data and power connectors to fit in my 486 Windows 3.1 PC. There is a spare power connector on the PC's loom, and I have an 80 pin master/slave data ribbon, which has marked plugs for CPU board, Master, Slave, and says Cable Select on it.

I might put the 2Gb drive in the slave position and autodetect it, now I know how to do that. Then copy everything from the original HDD to the slave with file manager. Then disconnect the power to the slave so as not to over stress the PC PSU and keep the slave as a 'sleeping' back-up if/when the original HDD gives up.

But the other DIY will have to take precedence, and I am slightly reluctant to "fiddle" any further, having got my data back !
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