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Subject: Re: Dumb computer question

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 16:56:26 01/23/03

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On January 23, 2003 at 17:59:20, Roger D Davis 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
>
>You could also email the files to yourself. Just email from one computer and
>download on another. That assumes, of course, that you have a modem and the
>appropriate software installed on both machines. But if so, you don't even have
>to mess with cables.


If he could do this he would have simply downloaded crafty from the internet.

He should get the floppy fixed or replaced, but I guess he just doesn't want to
put money into an old computer, but he probably could fix it himself. He
probably just needs to clean the floppy drive and/or reseat the cables. This
fixes it 90% of the time.

Alternatively, he could upgrade his new computer with a cd burner. They're as
cheap as $50 new:

http://computers.cnet.com/hardware/0-1095-404-6144563.html?tag=pdtl-list

Then he could burn a cd and transfer that way.

Another idea is to email it to a friend who has a cd burner. The friend would
download crafty from the interent, then make a cd for him and he could pick it
up from him.



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