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360873 2005-06-03 06:29:00 I'm having trouble setting up a direct parallel connection between a win xp and win 98 machine. any tips? pingu (1101)
360874 2005-06-03 06:35:00 any reason you can't use a network card? tweak'e (69)
360875 2005-06-03 06:40:00 the win 98 is a laptop and doesn't have a network card pingu (1101)
360876 2005-06-03 06:52:00 Are you using the correct parallel data cable?
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When you say "you are having trouble", could you elaborate on that?
Have you enabled "bi-directional" on both LPT1 ports in the BIOS of both PC's?
godfather (25)
360877 2005-06-03 07:37:00 the win 98 is a laptop and doesn't have a network card
Does it have a PCMCIA slot? (Okay, is my spelling right?) :rolleyes:

Cheers :)
Renmoo (66)
360878 2005-06-03 08:11:00 if you don't have any slots a usb to lan adapter would be the easiest way of doing it. tweak'e (69)
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