does anyone have any ideas on the best way to backup hard drive on 1997 32mp with windows 95.as everyone knows you get no software disc for gibbs etc..is there a cd burner that will work with win95?also has anyone seen a rs232 port to usb converter?that would be great for backup storage.any ideas are appreciated.I have no problems with harddrive now just trying to stay one step ahead.I have 2 1.44m floppy drives,but thats not really a option.thanks for your help

Check radio shack. We use the cable everyday. Works great. Our setup goes from RS232->Serial->USB. Kind of cobbed together, but works great with my laptop.

so your saying to purchase a cable to connect to rs232 on machine run cable to another computer with usb?if so can i back up my whole hard drive like this including windows,gibbs etc..any more information would be greatly appreciated.

I'm not too sure about backing everything up. I only use the cable to transfer programs, tool & fixture data. We use the same cable for our Fadals and our Femco lathes.

You could put a second IDE hard drive into the computer and do back ups onto it.