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Subject: Re: Dumb computer question

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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