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In article <48r2ud$jdl@pioneer.uspto.gov> wiecking@uspto.gov (David Wiecking) writes:
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>From: wiecking@uspto.gov (David Wiecking)
>Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.laptops
>Subject: Re: How do I connect 2  laptops?
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>Date: 20 Nov 1995 18:28:13 -0500
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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?

>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.

>-- 
>-=dave wiecking
>  bethesda, md           
>  wiecking@uspto.gov
You have to add    DEVICE=C:\dos\interlnk.exe    to both systems config files.
If you're only using it for file transfer, I'd recommend a parallel port null 
modem cable. It's faster.