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> Very few PCs had CD-ROM drives and multimedia software was nearly non-existent on the PC platform. Transferring data meant either a stack of floppies, or som
by DanBC 6y ago
> Very few PCs had CD-ROM drives and multimedia software was nearly non-existent on the PC platform.
Transferring data meant either a stack of floppies, or something like LapLink which used a special cable for the parallel port, or a null-modem cable for the serial port. LapLink could transfer at 115200 baud. And it cost over $100 1990s dollars.
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- TedDoesntTalk 6y ago> Transferring data meant either a stack of floppies, Not often. Usually one floppy (maybe two) would suffice: programs and data were proportionally smaller. And if you had two floppy drives, as many computers did, this was no big deal. The only time you needed "a stack of floppies" or LapLink is when you wanted to backhp or transfer an entire hard disk.
- brandonmenc 6y ago> LapLink which used a special cable for the parallel port One summer, I used a similar product called Brooklyn Bridge to hook our old 286 with 40 MB HDD to our 386 tower because I ran out of disk space. The filesystem mounted with no problems, and I played the VGA remake of Quest for Glory over it. It was unbearably slow, but I still thought it was awesome.