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The direct cable is a nice idea, but it can be a little slow. ALso, the parallel
connection is questionable. I can get the serial link to work (which is VERRRY
slow), but not the parallel. I scoured the 'net for info and learned that some
versions of Win95 seem to have different drivers. Also, the mapping you get is
clumsy - a new window for each folder. Ethernet is perfect - each drive on a
remote computer appears as a drive on the local. All operations are transparent.
And you can set access priorities. I always make shared directories read-only.
This prevents writing over data if you get confused as to which drive is the remote
:-)
don
>>>>>Subject: Re: Backup to another Computer
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 97 10:17:22 +0000
From: jpenn@xxxxxxxxxxxx (John M Pennington)
To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Wow, thanks for all the responses!!
>
> For just 2 computers, you can use the direct connect feature of Win95.
> This hooks the 2 computers together with their parallel ports using a
> special cable.
>
> Regards,
> Paul
The direct parallel cable seems to be what I had in mind.
I tried it using a standard parallel cable I had laying around.
The cable works when hooked to the printer, but the two computers
won't connect through it. Is there a "special" cable that must
be used here?
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