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I've been doing this for myself, on and off as required. But it was recommended
that I use a Parallel File transfer cable (approx. the same $$) rather than the
printer cable. Works fine for me...never a problem. Is someone getting good
results with just the printer cable connection?
John
Allan Kaminsky wrote:
> Get an Ethernet card for each computer (the 10/100 cards are about $49
> each). If you only want to hook up the 2 machines, you don't need a hub.
> Get a cable of the appropriate length "with a twist" (or a regular cable
> and a twist adapter). Set up networking on each machine with the
> capabilities built into Win95 (or NT).
>
> It's not only cheap, it's fast.
>
> Allan
> _________________________
>
> At 11:26 AM 5/14/98 -0700, Peter Gibson wrote:
> >
> >Sorry for a message which has nothing to do with either Omega or trading but
> >here goes.
> >
> >I want to set up a simple network between two computers at home - want to
> >able to share files between the two computers, do back-ups to my Zip drive
> >from either computer and print from either computer. I want something that
> >is simple and cheap. Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> >-=-=-
> >SBG-Priority: 3 (Normal) http://www.internz.com/SpamBeGone/
> >
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