Author: Matthew White
Date: 12:21:09 01/23/03
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On January 23, 2003 at 13:40:02, Jeff White wrote: >This may be a dumb question, but I don't know how to do this. From what I >understand, you can link two computers together with a printer cable. The reason >I want to do this is I have an old computer I want to put Crafty on, but the >floppy doesn't work so I can't get everything over. I heard that you can >transfer files via the printer cable between two computers. Is this true and if >so how? ANY help with this is greatly appreciated. Didn't know where else to ask >this question. Thanks very much go for any info provided. > >Regards, >Jeff A null modem cable will work fine. If you have a serial cable that isn't a null modem cable, then you can get a null modem adapter. Laplink used to have a parallel cable a few years back which could be used for data transfer, but I am not sure if the wiring configuration was straight through or crossed over. Matt
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