USB to serial adapter to transfer files from a modern to a vintage XT IBM PC

Davide Gironi was looking to transfer some files from a modern Windows 10 computer to a vintage IBM PC/XT 5160.

 At the minuszerodegrees website, there’s a full page dedicated to the transferring methods, https://www.minuszerodegrees.net/transfer/transfer.htm.

Luckily my IBM PC has a serial board, so I decided to use the FastLynx 3.3 software one. FastLynx 3.3 is a program designed to help you transfer files, directories, or entire hard disks quickly and easily from PC to PC, it can transfer files through USB, parallel or serial port.

Wiring is through a USB to serial adapter cable:

See the video below and more in the post here.

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• Source: https://blog.adafruit.com/2024/02/22/usb-to-serial-adapter-to-transfer-files-from-a-modern-to-a-vintage-xt-ibm-pc/