Linda Proulx,

31-Oct-99 16:54:26, Linda Proulx wrote to Will Honea
 LP> -=> Will Honea wrote to Linda Proulx <=-
          Subject: Re: Network

 WH>> Warp Connect has full Peer-to-Peer facilities (Peer server, Lan
 WH>> requester, plus full protocol and transport facilities).  It will
 WH>> network quite well

 LP> Is there a way to null cable parallel to parallel between an OS/2
 LP> unit & a DOS unit?

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Prlink20.Zip                    12-02-94          27,193
    Paralink v2.0 File Transfers via Parallel Ports
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That prgm requires a modified Parallel Port cable, which is fairly easy to
make from any normal cable with the directions included in the archive.  I've
used that prgm several times.  Although it is not perfect, it always gets the
job done and is very fast.  It includes a dual split screen file manager that
shows both the local and remote machines.  It will also allow you to so some
basic maintenance such as create subdirectories and delete files.  And it will
do batch transfers.  The text mode GUI is so intuitive that you don't have to
memorize any obscure commands.  The major problem I've found with it is that
it does NOT have any transfer error correction, thus it will stop if it
encounters a error during throughput, and will not start over where it left
off in the middle of a file in the next session.  But that only happens with
very large files about 5% of the time.  It only stops the transfer not the
machine, so I just close the prgms on each machine and restart them again with
Icons, in a couple of seconds.  OTOH if the full size of the file does get
through then it is almost never corrupted.

Actually the problems with ParaLink are no worse than any of 3 or 4 other
similar prgms.  I think the problem is that parallel cables are susceptible to
noise if they are not shielded or are very long.

Also there is a commercial prgm called LapLink that is probably more polished.

Both of those are DOS.  The other prgms like DCC (Direct Cable Connection) is
for WinXX only, and LPTool is for OS/2 only.  All of them require a modified
Parallel cable and not all the cables are alike.

     Thanks and Good Luck,        Andy Roberts
                                  andy@shentel.net
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