[NTLK] nbk in the new millennium

Dan dan at dbdigitalweb.com
Mon Jun 18 15:00:37 EDT 2018


Your best bet is to run windows 98 in emulation.  I have had very good luck with Virtual PC running an instance of Windows 98.  You don't even need slowdown.  Or at least I haven't.

-Dan

On 6/18/2018 10:57 AM, Michael Neville wrote:
> Reading this makes me think there's hope for restoring a Windows backup:
> 
> http://newtontalk.newtontalk.narkive.com/TEGAemeQ/accessing-contents-of-an-nbk-file
> 
> 
> My previous experiments failed with both Windows hardware and Emulated
> Windows on an iMac. I have the old keyspan ADB adapter which never seemed
> to work. I then bought the FTDI cable and can sync with NCX, but I need to
> restore the Windows-based backups.
> 
> I also have an old 3com card with a working pig tail to connect ethernet.
> The connector is yellowing and filthy, but it works!!
> 
> Anyone get a combination of software and cables to work on a PC
> recently-ish???
> 
> This list has save me hours of frustration over the years; you folks are
> awesome! Thanks for any assistance.
> 
> -Michael
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