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I have a rather faded memory of using a parallel port to transfer files between our old 386 computer and the shiny, new, Pentium that replaced it ... much faste

I have a rather faded memory of using a parallel port to transfer files between our old 386 computer and the shiny, new, Pentium that replaced it ... much faster than using floppy disks and this was before everything came with an ethernet port!

rlonstein 11y ago
> I have a rather faded memory of using a parallel port to transfer files Indeed. It was called "Laplink" though that was a trademark (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LapLink_cable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LapLink_cable). In addition to the Laplink brand software there was Interlink which Microsoft bundled with Win95 iirc, FastLynx (FastLink? my memory is also fuzzy), and a bunch of shareware/freeware from the era (I remember simtel). I was a field service engineer in the early 90's and carried around a six-headed parallel/serial null modem cable just for this. I also got my hands on a few of those (awful) Xircom Parallel-Ethernet adapters some time later and those were just the thing for ruining an entire day getting some awful old machine backed up onto Novell NetWare.