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Re: background PC->PC file transfer ?

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From: David William Wrage
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:26
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jimbo@ee.ualberta.ca (Row Jimmy Row) writes:

> greetings all,
> 
> i have been asked to try and find a program which will transfer files
> between two PC's via a serial cable. the difficulty is that the person
> who wants to do this wants a program that runs in the background and will
> not affect the "host" while he is runnung another program on it. it
> would seem to me that some sort of a TSR program could do this, does 
> anyone out there know of such a creature?
> 
> thanks for your help,
> 			jim

DeskLink II by Traveling Software works very well for me when I am backing
up my girlfriend's software.  With High speed dedicated modems it will still
work.  It comes with a phone cord & adapter plugs for serial ports, but any
good ole fashioned null modem cable will do the same thing.

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From: dwrage@ddt-archives.athens.oh.us (David William Wrage)
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Subject: Re: background PC->PC file transfer ?
Keywords: TSR, File transfer, background
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