So I have>pic relatedits an HP compaq nc6320, but i have no way to get games onto it cause i don't have a cdburner or a thumbdrive that works on a machine this old, would it be ok to connect the laptop online to a filezilla to share some stuff to it? Also which games will work good on this thing? I have an external CRT monitor connected to it and it actually functions like an old PC would with it. I also wanna know if emulation of like NES SNES SEGA would be fine on it.
>>12590502i have an nx6120. you can use any usb drive on it, it doesn't matter that it doesn't have usb3/4. otherwise sure filezilla or windows file sharing will do, mine has gigabit ethernet built in so it should be quick
>>12590502Usb is backwards compatible. If your thumb drive doesn't work it's because your usb port is messed up.
I wouldn't want to connect XP to the internet unless I really had to. Running a local file server would be my suggestion
>>12590502every USB drive i put in it just won't work, also is it ok to even connect this to the internet as long as I have a firewall?
>>12590517i have no idea how to run a file server>>12590514ever other USB device works just fine cept for my thumb drives, i think i just have dead thumb drives.
>>12590518are they perhaps exfat formatted? windows xp doesn't support exfat
>>12590528nah they were fat32
>>12590526Figure it out then.
>>12590535I mean even if I did figure it out I don't have any file sharing software on the laptop so i'm back to square 1
>>12590530Some super old laptops don't like USB drives above 32, or even 16 GB.
>>12590540yea thats my problem then i don't have any 8 gigs or lower
I think /g/ has an XP general, they could probably help you a lot more than the retards here. As far as emulator suggestions, I really don't know besides just trial and error. I played Pokémon Yellow on a web browser on an XP machine in the late 00s but that's the extent of my knowledge.
>>12590537you can use windows file sharing, an http server, or the command line ftp client xp comes withhere's one i used to use (i don't use windows these days):https://sourceforge.net/projects/hfs/it's an http server, you run it on the newer computer and you can connect to it via a web browser on the older computer to download files from the newer computer>>12590540for one, that's not a thing, the only relevant limit is the 137GB barrier, and unless op's laptop is still running xp with no service packs installed (somehow given it's from like 2006), that's not an issue
>>12590542can't you just format a 4gb FAT32 partition on the USB stick?
>>12590542this is usb we're talking about, not sd. i've used usb enclosures with a 2TB hdd in it on a laptop from 2004.original SD had a 2GB limit and SDHC a 32GB limit, but so such limits existed with usb drives. i swear you people grew up with cellphones instead of computers
>>12590548ty
>>12590526If you don't want to run a server you could take the HD out and connect it to another pc and copy your files over. You'll need some 2.5" IDE to USB or SATA adapter and it's still going to be easier to configure a file server.
>>12590584i'll just use the HFS server the guy above talked about.
>>12590502>I have an external CRT monitor connected to it and it actually functions like an old PC would with it. I also wanna know if emulation of like NES SNES SEGA would be fine on ityeah it's okay, it'll get the job done - google retroarch crt super resolutions
>>12590502put linux on it. can also use a usb cd drive or thumbdrive
>>12590517>I wouldn't want to connect XP to the internetI think this is a hugely overblown concern that is less relevant now than ever, and I'll get to that later, but >Running a local file server would be my suggestionThis is still the way to go. You can use the built in windows SMB file-sharing options on the laptop to make a shared folder and then you should be able to see that shared folder from modern devices on the same network and copy files to it. You can also enable SMBv1 on a modern windows host machine and access the files from the laptop over the network (maybe it has a small hard drive, for example), but I think SMBv1 is considered insecure. As unwise as it is to say anything about one's own security posture, I have had it turned on for years for this purpose on all of my machines and have never had any problem related to it. Furthermore, I will say that I have had a Windows 2000 machine powered on and connected to the internet for many years with no problems. It is protected only by a common phone company provided domestic router with a basic firewall and common sense. Maybe it would be different if every port was exposed to the open internet instead of being behind a router, but I don't know how you'd end up in that situation these days anyway.
>>12590537No, you do. It's built in to windows. You can literally just right click on a folder and click "share." Or maybe you have to go into the "properties" of the folder and then there's a sharing tab, but either way it's easy. Then other devices on the same network can see those folders in their network browsers.
>>12590502>How do I get game on computer?The absolute fucking state of this board
>>12590502I miss windows xp so much bros
just crimp a length of RJ45 with crossed wires
>>12590530MBR or GPT partition schema?cause xp aint gonna see a gpt drive
>>12590526then buy another thumb drive and tell us the result
>>12591858op's computer is newer than mine of the same range and mine has gigabit. to the best of my knowledge ALL gigabit ethernet adapters support auto mdi-x, meaning they do /not/ require a cross-over cable for direct computer-computer ethernet connections
>>12591858>>12591962-- and even if it didn't, unless his other computer was also very old, it still won't matter, because only one computer in such a configuration needs to support auto mdi-x for it to work.
>>12591962even easier then, he just needs to plug an ethernet cable and share a folder
>>12591964i really don't intend to put your post down, it really was a thing you had to consider, but at this point unless both computers are literally almost 25 years old crossover cables just aren't something to think about. i'm amazed people still sometimes mention them. and trust me, i used them a lot... in like 2003.i suppose in fairness to your post and similar, you may be using memories of using such age computers where both computers were of similar old age and did require a crossover cable, so get it.
>>12590502It has two USB ports, an SD card slot, serial, ethernet, a DVD drive, and WiFi. You couldn't ask for a more capable deice to transfer files.
>>12591978please understand, this ancient machine is older than op, he doesn't know what most of those ports are
>>12590502just plug the usb into the laptop first and format it and it will work in the modern systems to put the games on.even better, just setup an ftp server (or SMB1 if you give zero fucks about security).
>>12590502>So I have downs
>>12591978keep in mind OP was born after the great recession so he barely knows that USB exists in a rectangle shape
>>12590502>cdburner or a thumbdrive that works on a machine this oldUSB ports/thumbdrives are backwards compatible you dumass.>>12590526>i think i just have dead thumb drives.then it's your thumbdrives that are too old. stop leaving them out in the open to absorb your jizz and insect poop.
>>12591972AFAIK, the need for cross-over cables is a software issue in WinXP and the machines they were installed on. Win 7+++ don't need crossover cables. not sure about Win Vista.the last time i used a crossover was to connect WinME rig to a Win7 netbook. but for a stupid reason, because i didn't have an external DVD/CD drive, so i used the still working CDROM drive on the WinME rig to copy files from a CD game.
>>12595436no, it's not a software issue, it's about connecting the transmit lines to receive lines on each end. older ethernet transceivers couldn't auto-detect or swap their transmit/receive lines so required it be done in the cable, if you connect two computers directly together. you didn't need crossover cables when connecting computers to a hub or switch as those are internally wired opposite to computers for this reason (actually if you use a crossover cable when connecting an old computer to an old hub/switch then it wouldn't work, as the lines are swapped twice which effectively un-swaps them)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-dependent_interface?useskin=vector
>>12595431Just embarrassing
>>12590502Just hit up a Goodwill and buy the original discs.
>>12590526>i have no idea how to run a file serverIt's drop dead simple. Install Python if you don't have it (if you have Linux you already have it) and run python3 -m http.server in the terminal, make note of your IP then in a browser on the other machine go to http://yourip:8080 and start downloading whatever files you want just like any other website. Hit Ctrl+C to stop the Python web server and you're done. Simple as, zero configuration, just one command. I use this constantly in all sorts of situations.
