Re: i´ve got a problem

[Roman Stöckl-Schmidt]

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Szabó Árpád Zoltán wrote on 29.03.2005 10:33:
| I have to confess that I have connected PC-s with printer cable (at
least I
| thought it was printer cable) long time ago, and I don't recall the exact
| method, so you may well right.
| I just checked Total Commander (do you know this software), which supports
| this, and its help speaks about  "Direct cable connection through parallel
| port". I quote a short passage, if it makes more sense.
| <quote start>
| The PORT connection through the parallel port allows to transfer data
| between two computers in the same room over a special parallel cable. This
| cable can be found in most computer shops under the name
"Interlink/Laplink
| parallel cable" or "parallel cable for direct cable connection". It
allows a
| transfer rate of about 50kB/sec. The function therefore cannot be used
as a
| network, but is meant to synchronize data between two machines (e.g. a
| desktop and a notebook). You need a pair of network cards for a permanent
| connection.
| <quote end>

I have to confess I forgot the fact that most printer cables today are
bi-directional and that makes them capable of transferring data between
PCs just as well as a serial link cable. So my bad, I just hadn't done
this with a parallel cable personally, because when I needed to do this
parallel cables weren't bi-directional and so there was no alternative
to serial links for me.
So just excuse my being ignorant, please. =)

| However, I mentioned it as a tip, I believe "the" problem was not with the
| physical method of moving the files from one computer to another, but what
| files from where, and what to do with those, i.e. the usage of Cygwin
| setup.exe.

That's certainly true, I'm just a person that's always eager to learn
and so I presume of others that they are too. After all the net is a
place where you have lots of information but most is not verifiable and
unfortunately many people think that they have the obligation to express
an opinion where the really have the RIGHT to.
This is not meant as an offense because I feel it doesn't have much to
do with the issue discussed above, it's more of a philospohical point of
view.

Regards from Germany, Roman.
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