Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 10:44:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Sheafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie question
On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Ian C. Melville wrote:
icm >I can't answer the first but i'll tackle your install question. The easiest
icm >way to install stuff is to connect the 50ct to an appropriate desktop or
icm >notebook using a special 'laplink-type' cable (belkin makes these for
icm >example). Its really a null modem cable and you can use the serial or
icm >parallel ports to hook up (a different cable is needed in each case). I
icm >suggest parallel because serial is so sloooooooow. You'll of course need the
icm >io adapter that ships with the 50ct.
icm >
icm >Then run windows' own direct cable connection on both systems (i'm assuming
icm >win9x on both). If you're not running win9x on the host then try using the
icm >old DOS Intersvr/Interlnk util instead and it should work perfectly... you
icm >can then
icm >use the desktop drives as network drives from the 50ct (the host drives will
icm >already be mapped by intersvr) and even your long filenames will be
icm >preserved across this connection.
icm >
icm >Generally a cable connection is not nearly as fast as a network connection
icm >using a NIC of 10 or 100mbits but it will get the job done whenever you have
icm >to install from CD or any other media that the host can read...
I run the same setup, but use a null PARALLEL cable, sometimes called a
parallel laplink cable. MUCH faster than the null modem (serial) cable,
and I have used it for minor networking - you can get about twice modem
speeds without a problem. Got the cable at my local computer joint for
$7USD.
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-Jim
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