Re: PC to PC data cable?

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From: Ron Willoughby
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 00:00

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The most straight forward way is with Laplink or PcAnywhere through a 25 pin
parallel cable.  There are several others including shareware types. If both
have win95 you can use the direct cable networking that that has. It's not
as straightforward but it is free or at least only the cost of the cable.

Rollo wrote:

> I have an old laptop gathering dust. It just occurred to me that I could
> use its hard disk for data backup. I presume the cable exists - what is
> it called exactly?
>
> Thanks for any ideas,
>
> Rollo
> rarg@holyrood.ed.ac.uk
> rollo@moosejaw.demon.co.uk

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Date: 1998/04/03
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