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I wonder if you could convince the mac there was was a postscript printer on the other end, then retrieve the text from the ps commands that were sent.

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You could use local talk and another Mac with ethernet or a floppy drive. Mac file sharing is built in with system 7 and later

https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/Serial_port links to "Macintosh Serial Throughput" (1998) https://lowendmac.com/1998/macintosh-serial-throughput/ which mentions a Farallon Mac serial to Ethernet adapter.

/? farallon Mac serial port Ethernet https://www.google.com/search?q=farallon+mac+serial+port+eth... : $50 and no FreePPP or Zmodem or AppleScript serial port to a [soldered] cable to an Arduino/RP2040W/ESP32 (which is probably faster than the old Mac).

https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/548343/44804 mentions minicom and gnu screen, and the need to implement e.g. file-level checksums because over serial like ROM flashing

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