OT: <was springfield> <is data transfer via parallel port off old systems>

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Wednesday 02 August 2006 03:24 pm, jim stephens wrote:
> Laplink had cables for the serial port, I don't recall if it had a
> parallel version that was reliable, as far as dos to dos data transfer.

I can't speak to the reliability of it,  but it did indeed have a parallel 
option,  which of course required a different special cable.  Never used it 
here though.

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