I haven't minded Tesla Coin since 2014 and was in regular contact with Jim from Traffic Learn.

I mined at teslacoinpool.com - no longer alive.
teslacoins.com was the site I used.

The blockchain was so big it took forever and I couldn't get past the first block.

The Teslacoin Qt program was version 4.8.4

Teslacoin version says: v1.0.0.0-gdf9d55a-Teslacoin

I have a backup dat file, but not sure what's in it.

I have a receive address - not sure if that is what I need.

What should I do? Install the new program and associate the receive address with it?

Is there a pw needed? I never encrypted the wallet and it is still on an old drive.

Thanks for any help!