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Allan:
If you connected two computers in this style, can you also add a printer
hooked
up in some fashion that both machines can print to? And what would you add
to
make the printer work?
Tim Morge
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The direct cable connect offers all the same features as a LAN connect.
You can share printers, transfer files, etc.
The advantages are it is simple. It requires no additional IRQ's. WHen I
went to LAN cards, I had to give up my sound card because I had no IRQ's
left.
Downside - it is not nearly as fast. If you are doing a lot of big file
transfers, you will sure notice it.
Also, you can have only 2 computers. I went to the LAN primarily because I
needed to network 3 computers. Once I got past the initial problems, I am
very happy with it.
I use thin coax without a hub and it works fine.
Regards,
Paul
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