Are we having fun yet KEN?


Oct 09 08:45 04, JEAN PARROT wrote to KEN HRYNCHUK:

 KH>> DB25M            DB25M
 KH>> -----            -----
 KH>> 1 -------------  1     <-- 8-bit only

 JP>         Etc., etc. Ken, I am away from home at this moment for the
 JP>         week so I can not verify this in any way. But I can recall
 JP>         using DCC when on Win 95 and 98. It worked fine as a poor
 JP>         man's LAN. I seem to recall that Laplink was 4-bit but MS got
 JP>         the same setup to run on 8-bit via the DCC.

Further to Jean's comment; 

MS DOS 6x, probably 5.0, and just possibly possibly 4.01 had a pair of
primitive utilities (Interlnk.exe, and Intersrv.exe I think) which allowed
connection through either the Laplink style prallel cable, or a null modem
cable. I have no idea whether 4 or 8 bit, but I did have it working. The
biggest drawback was that it did not run as a TSR, the server being locked
in that mode while Intersrv running.


It could be worse ...
Paul

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