moving data between PCs

Fan924 wrote:
http://www.home-network-help.com/crossover.html

Jeff Richards

Nice Jeff, a "null modem" network cable. This I will try.

Fan924:

While a "crossover" cable will work, many newer NICs can get by with a
standard Cat-5 cable. The NICs will detect the NIC to NIC connection
and adjust to the situation to allow communication.

HTH & GL

John

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Fan924 wrote in

oups.com:

I have 2 identical PCs and a monitor with a button that
switches between the two. I would like to pass daata
between the two with a serial port without addind
hardware.Is that capability built in? I have an old procomm
that I have not used in years but would like to investigate
other options. win98se

"thanatoid" wrote in message
...

If you have functional USB ports in BOTH machines, a Flash drive
is the best solution.

Would this be better than simply connecting the NIC
sockets on the two PCs (if you can find an Internet
cable that is the same on both ends, that is) ?

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Fan924 wrote in

oups.com:

I have 2 identical PCs and a monitor with a button that
switches between the two. I would like to pass daata
between the two with a serial port without addind
hardware.Is that capability built in? I have an old procomm
that I have not used in years but would like to investigate
other options. win98se

"thanatoid" wrote in message
...

If you have functional USB ports in BOTH machines, a Flash drive
is the best solution.

Would this be better than simply connecting the NIC
sockets on the two PCs (if you can find an Internet
cable that is the same on both ends, that is) ?

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

"Don Phillipson" wrote in
:

Fan924 wrote in

egr oups.com:

I have 2 identical PCs and a monitor with a button that
switches between the two. I would like to pass daata
between the two with a serial port without addind
hardware.Is that capability built in? I have an old
procomm that I have not used in years but would like to
investigate other options. win98se

"thanatoid" wrote in message
...

If you have functional USB ports in BOTH machines, a Flash
drive is the best solution.

Would this be better than simply connecting the NIC
sockets on the two PCs (if you can find an Internet
cable that is the same on both ends, that is) ?

I guess I should have said IMO best solution. I actually do not
own a Flash drive but from what I have noticed - aside from the
fact that I would not consider them anywhere near "archival
level secure storage", or any permanent storage medium really -
they appear to be very useful for short term storage/transfer of
data of which you have a /real/ copy of somewhere else and I
would consider using them for that if I needed that kind of
utility.

I know nothing about home networks, and I would assume the
average user would be more successful with a USB stick than NIC
cables, but like I said, I know little about either so I
probably should just have not posted at all, but... that is
something that occurs to me more than once every time I use
XNews.

Since you mentioned a NIC cable, if I may...

As mentioned in my post, I have a 12 yr old 166MHz machine next
to this one. It has no USB but I can probably find a free (or
$3) 10/100 card somewhere. If I do, and install the correct
network drivers on that 166, could the same cable I use to
connect to the router be used to connect that old machine to the
one I am using now (appropriate file sharing etc changes in
setup would have to be made I would assume, etc.)?

Is it that simple? Or should I read up home networks (which I
really don't want to do...)?

This is largely theoretical since I am just fine with floppies
and CD-RW's, like I mentioned.
If to reply would take more than 20 words, don't even bother.

Thanks, just in case ;-)


--
Lots of theoretical butchers are alleged and other bloody eyes
are suitable, but will Pam secure that?

"Don Phillipson" wrote in
:

Fan924 wrote in

egr oups.com:

I have 2 identical PCs and a monitor with a button that
switches between the two. I would like to pass daata
between the two with a serial port without addind
hardware.Is that capability built in? I have an old
procomm that I have not used in years but would like to
investigate other options. win98se

"thanatoid" wrote in message
...

If you have functional USB ports in BOTH machines, a Flash
drive is the best solution.

Would this be better than simply connecting the NIC
sockets on the two PCs (if you can find an Internet
cable that is the same on both ends, that is) ?

I guess I should have said IMO best solution. I actually do not
own a Flash drive but from what I have noticed - aside from the
fact that I would not consider them anywhere near "archival
level secure storage", or any permanent storage medium really -
they appear to be very useful for short term storage/transfer of
data of which you have a /real/ copy of somewhere else and I
would consider using them for that if I needed that kind of
utility.

I know nothing about home networks, and I would assume the
average user would be more successful with a USB stick than NIC
cables, but like I said, I know little about either so I
probably should just have not posted at all, but... that is
something that occurs to me more than once every time I use
XNews.

Since you mentioned a NIC cable, if I may...

As mentioned in my post, I have a 12 yr old 166MHz machine next
to this one. It has no USB but I can probably find a free (or
$3) 10/100 card somewhere. If I do, and install the correct
network drivers on that 166, could the same cable I use to
connect to the router be used to connect that old machine to the
one I am using now (appropriate file sharing etc changes in
setup would have to be made I would assume, etc.)?

Is it that simple? Or should I read up home networks (which I
really don't want to do...)?

This is largely theoretical since I am just fine with floppies
and CD-RW's, like I mentioned.
If to reply would take more than 20 words, don't even bother.

Thanks, just in case ;-)


--
Lots of theoretical butchers are alleged and other bloody eyes
are suitable, but will Pam secure that?

In message
,
Fan924 writes:
I have 2 identical PCs and a monitor with a button that switches
between the two. I would like to pass daata between the two with a
serial port without addind hardware.Is that capability built in? I
have an old procomm that I have not used in years but would like to
investigate other options. win98se

Fastest, and simplest to use once set up: ethernet cable between the two
- _if_ both have (or can be given) an ethernet port; a crossover cable
will work in all cases, but many ethernet ports will still work with an
ordinary cable. Failing that, Direct Cable Connection is built into '98
(not sure about '95), and works well enough, though can be cranky to set
up; it works fastest between parallel ports (with the appropriate cable,
which used to be called a Laplink one IIRR), though will work between
serial ports albeit very slowly.
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