Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
I've got two computers, Mandrake 10.0 and Mandrake 10.1, a couple of metres apart, both with one parallel port, and I have a Lap-link parallel cable.
Laplink cables are a relic of the 80s. May I suggest you do yourself a favour and pack them up in the city-council-provided black plastic bags for storage?
Linux has never really supported parallel-port networking (AFAIK),
simply because there were much better alternatives around.
plip? 'twas never easy, tho (:
Can I connect the computers and, at the command prompt or otherwise, send files from one to the other?
Yes, trivial: use ethernet. Cards $15 a piece, free on new mobos, cables about $3.
I have one printer, on one computer's parallel port. Can I, by means of one of those old parallel switches
Yes.
or otherwise, use the printer from either computer?
Yes, use your ethernet.
Volker
