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Originally Posted by theducks
Lastly, there are WORKING accessories that no longer are 'supported' (or lost a feature that was being used.)
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My 2002 XP Laptop was replaced in 2016:
Lost Firewire for my digital camcorder
Lost PCMCIA slot (SCSI card used for scanner).
Lost PAL/NTSC S-Video/Composite port (which I used).
Lost PS/2 port (which worked with splitter if external KB needed as well as mouse)
New laptop less good for PDFs, 1080 pixels high vs 1200 pixels high (Now I use a 4K 28" external screen).
Lost built-in DVD/CD writer. Had to buy external USB model.
USB Web cam not supported on Linux or Windows 10. The built in one on new screen no use when using external screen, needed for PDFs. Bought Trust Webcam (works Win7, 10 and Linux).
Transferring email wasn't simple.
Needed VM with XP on Win7 OR Linux to keep old Windows Engineering SW.
Lost built in floppy drive and a USB one won't work with CP/M or other emulators, only native windows FS. So have a Linux tower PC with floppies on real floppy controller, maybe last MoBo with such. Newer Mobo has no IDE ports.
No parallel or serial ports. Fortunately the USB serial adaptor and USB Parallel adaptors I then bought work with Linux, WINE and XP on the VMs (I have several VMs).
Eventually found MS tool to clone old Laptop to a VM file which works on Linux (intended for XP, 2003, Vista & Win7 support on Windows 10).
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...loads/disk2vhd
It has 3 check boxes, not 2 and "Volume Shadow" stuff didn't work. Just made sure no apps, AV or unwanted services running. Had to save to a USB HDD as my server no longer allows XP or earlier clients.
Even if you buy a new computer any change needs expertise and time. It helps if you know about backups and where "stuff" lives on disk.