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com/lpt1 connection
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Name: Paolo
Date: July 13, 2003 at 10:52:29 Pacific
Subject: com/lpt1 connection
OS: 98
CPU/Ram: 1150 512
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Comment: Hello everybody
i am trying to connect my laptop (win98 pII233mmx 32mb) with my pc (win98 athlon1150 512mb).
The laptop has a com, parallel and usb port.
if i connect the two computers, do they both have to do on either parallel or serial connection? can i mix it?
Is there a way to connect them trough usb?
is there a way to connect them trough modems to each other?
thank you for your help
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Response Number 1
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Name: FBI Agent
Date: July 13, 2003 at 14:59:04 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)of what i know, you can connect through both USB and i think COM, but you will need additional equipment. for the USB you can buy a couple of USB NICs and for the COM ports, buy a couple of these things (i dont know what they're exactly called) that connect to the COM port and have an RJ45 female end, so yuo can connect like a router to a computer (i dont know if it works with 2 computers). I'd go with the USB NICs. Weel, have fun
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Response Number 2
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Name: x86
Date: July 14, 2003 at 01:27:46 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)You can use either: Null modem serial cable
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LapLink parallel cable
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USB (2 types file transfer and networking) The cables are aound € 10 - 15, but have to use same port on each.... Just look at the following, most of what you need is built in to Windows: http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/dccmain.htm
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