Re: How do I connect 2 laptops?

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From: Tyler Walker
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 01:20

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Stan Wagner (stwagner@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: The exterior A: drive does not work on 1 of my laptops. I
: want to exchange info from 1 to another. Do U know how to
: do this?

David Wiecking (wiecking@uspto.gov) wrote:
: Yes
: And if your next question is "How do you do this?", the answer would be "Buy
: a null-modem cable, and plug it into the serial port of each one. Follow the
: instructions that came with DOS 6.0+. Add "Device=c:\dos\interlnk.exe" to
: the config.sys of one, run intersvr.exe on the other, and reboot the first
: one." But that's only if you want to know the answer.

Good answer, but get a "Laplink" or "Microsoft Interlnk"
parallel cable instead of the serial null-modem cable.
Both work but the parallel cable is much faster.

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Subject: Re: How do I connect 2  laptops?
Date: 21 Nov 1995 01:20:08 GMT
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