the old electrum doesn't work anymore
What "doesn't work"? I'd say it should be possible to run an old version of Electrum, if needed with your own node running an equally old version. Even if it can't sync all current blocks, you should be able to send your funds to a new Legacy address.
Don't have the seed anymore unfortunately
I've seen this so many times.... How can so many people lose access to the single most important thing when holding Bitcoin?and the electrum versions (new) don't recognize the device, (older) give "read error" when trying to sign a transaction
Has this worked before, back in the days when you were using this hardware wallet? Or did you always use Ledger's own software?
thanks everyone for the assistance
Did you find a solution? If so: please post it for others to read in the future.