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You used to be able to connect two PC’s together via the parallel port. I had to do this once to re-install Windows 95 on a laptop with a hard drive and floppy

You used to be able to connect two PC’s together via the parallel port. I had to do this once to re-install Windows 95 on a laptop with a hard drive and floppy. It was painfully slow but it worked.

userbinator 1y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1284#Characteristics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1284#Characteristics Up to 2MB/s effective throughput, better than 10M Ethernet. Likely it was slower for you due to other limitations.
exidy 1y ago
I believe this was pioneered by Laplink[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplink
- b3lvedere 1y ago
  Yup. Used to use this a lot in the DOS era. Copying files between LPT or COM ports. Slow, but worked without too much hassle.
- genewitch 1y ago
  or [x|z]modem ?
chriswarbo 1y ago
> You used to be able to connect two PC’s together via the parallel port. This could be done on Amiga too, using parnet https://crossconnect.tripod.com/PARNET.HTML https://crossconnect.tripod.com/PARNET.HTML I recall it being easier to set up than a dialup modem (since the latter also required installing a TCP/IP stack)