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Null modem connection?

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From: Johannes Beekhuizen
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 00:53
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Hello Nick,

On Wednesday November 18 1992, Nick wrote to All:

 N> i have a new PC (with 3.5'' drive) and an old PC (with 5.25'' drive).
 N> I want to transfer files from one to the other without having to buy
 N> an external disk drive.  Is there a method of joining one machine to
 N> the other by their serial ports or something?

Yeah. A very good one is LapLink. And also there's Dlink. Both are commercial,
I believe.

Regards,

       Johannes (friends call me Hans).
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