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Hello Jasen - 

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CA>> The null parallel (often marketed as a laplink cable) will
CA>> do much faster transfers and can be used for both DOS and
CA>> Windows. Not so sure about Linux but I'd be very surprised
CA>> to find Linux had no use for a laplink connection. 

JB> the linux parallel network interface software is called
JB> PLIP. I couldn't get it to work. 

JB> I've got SLIP working (serial) and it's enough for most
JB> things since I'm only playing. 

Now that you tell me they are familiar names. I've not tried
either of them. 

Serial is not terrible. I used it for a long time until files
grew to megabyte sizes and I needed more speed. 

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