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re: Question about 'Why can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?'
Sunday, October 28, 2001 at 8:53 am
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Posted by John Stankiewicz (1 messages posted)

Make sure you have the protocol NETBIOS/NetBEUI loaded on both machines. It won't work without it! Also make sure that both parallel ports (in the BIOS) are setup the same: ECP and ECP, EPP and EPP, etc. If they are mismatched the machines of course will not communicate. Also make sure your parallel cable is capable of bi-directional communication (some older cables are uni-directional). And yes, it's a pain in the ass to get direct cable to cable to work!

On Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 4:46 pm, Jay wrote:
>I have a question about transfering files through a direct cable connection from
>a 98 operating system to an ME operating system. When I tried this they would not
>recognize the lpt port or something.
>
>

Written in response to:: Question about 'Why can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?' (Jay: Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 4:46 pm)

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re: Question about 'Why can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?' (santo: Thursday, January 10, 2002 at 9:32 pm)

re: Question about 'Why can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?' (Gene: Saturday, April 26, 2003 at 9:43 am)

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Question about 'Why can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?' (Jay: Sun, Aug 19, 2001, 4:46 pm)

re: Question about 'Why can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?' (John Stankiewicz: Sun, Oct 28, 2001, 8:53 am)

re: Question about 'Why can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?' (santo: Thu, Jan 10, 2002, 9:32 pm)

re: Question about 'Why can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?' (W. Halliday: Tue, Mar 19, 2002, 7:10 pm)

re: Question about 'Why can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?' (Alex: Fri, Nov 29, 2002, 10:42 am)

re: Question about 'Why can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?' (Miguel: Mon, Feb 24, 2003, 11:35 pm)

re: Question about 'Why can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?' (Gene: Sat, Apr 26, 2003, 9:43 am)

re: Question about 'Why can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?' (Barbara-Ann: Mon, Aug 20, 2001, 4:57 pm)

re: Question about 'Why can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?' (Andrew Nicholson: Fri, May 3, 2002, 3:45 am)

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