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in the laptop post....moving files seems to be an issue among people who have both laptop and desktop. my question is ive seen this PRINTER PORT CABLE in office depot and its for file to file transfer between computers....anyone have one of these and do they do the job? i think this works with the HYPER TERMINAL application in windows 98 and up. never did this so iam totally dumb on this one......
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Yes Joe...In Windows 98 you can use the double ended printer port cable to transfer files. One computer is the "host" and the other is the "guest". I have used the setup in the past and still have the cablein the laptop carrying case in case I need to transfer files to or from a clients computer to the laptop.
The setup is very easy to do also. Just go to start>help and search for "Direct Cable Connection" under the "index" tab. All the info you need is in there. You might have to go to "add/remove programs" and then to the "Windows Setup" tab and then to "communications" and add "Direct Cable Connection" to the setup.
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The process is called lap linking. If the cable doesn't come with sofware, you can download at http://www.mtn.org/handiham/04-04-01.htm a trial version that will give you 24 transfers. You'll find the reference to it part way down the page. You can use any parallel port cable with the correct gender on each end.
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Direct Cable Connection is an adequate way to transfer files if you only need to move files occasionally. Only downside is that it is one way. It does not act like a network.
I know you know the rest of this OP, but i thought i would share it with those who do not.
Or, like Mike says you can set up a network with just two network cards and a crossover cable. For about 30 bux (office depot) you can have a 10/100 two machine network. Usually set up is as easy as installing the NIC cards, plug in cable, install drivers and your networked. Then all u have to do is set your drives to share under the properties section.
We use DCC all the time. Transfer files graphics etc. from one machine to another. Espceially good when a customer has a file or logo they want us to use and they do not have a disk big enuf to transfer it with. ITs very easy to set up. You install it thru the install windows programs tab of the install programs wizard. To use it :: Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to Communications, and then click Direct Cable Connection. You can find more info in the help files under direct cable connection.
All u need is the printer cable. It is reasonably fast too.
Bye the way. Once you set up a network you can share your internet conection with the two machines too. Once you go this way you will never go back..
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yup way back in dos it was the only way i could copy whole h/d's full of files (all 20mg of em) across to other machines without having to crack the box and daisy the h/d in
i still have the original laplink cable that i used back then and the FX prgram to control the transfers, mine is a serial connection cable with both sized ends
i just saw it again the other day when cleaning up a few miles of cable in a box... wow i remember how slow it was!
now i wouldn't survive without burners and network cards
i recall the first coax network i tried to setup at work... never did get all the machines to talk to each other at the same time back then, always seemed there was one that complained
today the machines at work love each other and networking the home puters means the kids can access the net from my modem and i can see just what 2x13yr olds are up to at any time devo's puter i prefer to be oblivious of hehehe
as my laptop is fairly old there is not a lot onboard so i use a slide in card for modem and network connection, but since its the same card that does both its fairly smooth.
cheers gail
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across to other machines without having to crack the box and daisy the h/d in
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