Author: Komputer Korner
Date: 21:54:02 12/08/98
This is for people with 2 computers running WIN 9X who end up with a large >1.4Mb file on one computer and want to transfer it directly to the other computer. They could have course have a laser servo 100 mb floppy drive on both systems or use extra disk technologies like Syjet or upload the file to the web and then download it to the other computer. However few people have access to these ways and besides they are indirect ways anyway and take much longer to transfer. There is an easy way with WIN 9x and it is called Direct Cable Connection. All you need is a null modem cable that costs less than $8 U.S. ( the same one that you use to connect both computers together to play computer vs computer matches). Connect the cable to the serial ports. Turn on both machines. Go to the Network Neighborhood in both computers and right click on Properties. In the Configuration tab, make sure that you have the IPX/SPX compatible Protocol and the NetBEUI protocol installed and the File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks. If the above 2 protocols and the File and printer service are not installed, Take out your Windows CDROM and insert it into your CDROM drive on both machines. Click on the Add button, and Click on Service and then click on Microsoft and then File and Print sharing. Click on Okay and the CDROM file will be added to youir system. Then go back to the SELECT NETWORK COMPONENT screen again and click on Protocol. You have to again click on Microsoft and then click on IPX and click okay and that CDROM file will be added. Then repeat the above procedure for the Netbeui protocol. All this never has to be done again. Do the above for both systems. Go back to the Network dialog box and click on the File and print sharing box and make sure both boxes are checked in the File and Print Sharing dialog box. Now go to the Identification tab and write down the Computer Name. You may need it later. Go to the Access control tab and make sure that the Share level access control box is checked. You will have to reboot each system to make these changes viable. Now click okay and go to the computer that has the large file that you want to move to the other computer. Go to the folder and right mouse click it and click on sharing. Go to the Sharing tab and click on Shared as. Give it a Share name. Now you must run the Direct Cable Connection program on both machines Start/Accessories/Direct Cable Connection and designate the computer with the large file as the host and the other one as your guest and choose your port usually COM 1. Once the handshake is completed automatically, the guest machine may ask you for the host computer's name. Fill it in and click okay . Then the host folder should show up as a window on your guest machine. Drag this folder to the My Computer icon. A new drive will be temporarily created. Click on this new drive and drag and drop the file(s) to a folder on your hard drive. Voila you are done. The file(s) will transfer.
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