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Subject: Re: Dumb computer question

Author: Jeff White

Date: 20:27:28 01/23/03

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On January 23, 2003 at 13:48:06, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>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
>
>The question is not dumb. I had it years ago. No, you just take the other cable
>and connect the COM of both sides. Then you use that program in the System
>Utilities. I forgot already the name of the other cable, sorry.
>
>Regards,
>Rolf Tueschen

Thanks a lot for ALL the replies. They were very helpful. I'll get a null modem
cable and do it like that. I always thought it could be done with a printer
cable. I'm glad I asked. Thanks again for all the info.

Regards,
Jeff




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