PAUL WESTELL wrote to KEN HRYNCHUK on 10-10-04 03:30:

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

Thanks, Paul; I am familiar with Interlnk/Intersvr, and still use them,
sometimes, for their 'parallel network' functions.

For file transfers only via the LPT port, I usually use "Total
Commander", if I'm in Windows, and "ZIP", if I'm in DOS.

   Ken

 
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