I migrated data off a dying PC once onto a new one in a pinch by using two paperclips to cross the TX/RX pins of both computers' serial ports while they were ba

I migrated data off a dying PC once onto a new one in a pinch by using two paperclips to cross the TX/RX pins of both computers' serial ports while they were back to back. Then I used PC Anywhere (another fine bit of software) to do the file transfer. Took about 24 hours but moved everything fine. Year was 1997 I think.