Frank Cox wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:07:00 +0100 > Zoltan Boszormenyi <zboszor@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> there was a DOS 6.2 utility that could be used to send some files >> over serial connections...) > > That's called "most terminal programs", Telix and Procomm being two of the > better ones. > > You may be thinking of Laplink, which allowed you to transfer files over a > specially-wired PARALLEL CABLE at speeds much greater than you could get out of > a serial port. > > MSDOS 6 also included InterSvr, which did something similar to Laplink (and > used the same cable) but was a lot less handy and intuitive to use than Laplink > was. > I alway preferred to use Norton Commander to transfer files between DOS systems. I especially liked the feature where you could install Norton Commander on the "slave" computer over the serial link using the standard DOS copy command. It could also use a parallel link to transfer files, but not to install nc on the "slave" machine. You could control everything from the "master" machine once you had the connection established. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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