Re: Connecting computers - can anyone help?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

David Reynolds writes ...
> 
> Hi there. I was hoping someone might be able to help me with a
> problem...
> 
> I have a nearly-new G3 266DT and a positively prehistoric Powerbook
> 520. Is there any way of connecting the two, making it that much easier
> to transfer files back and forth (files are too big to fit on a
> floppy)? Can I do it with a SCSI (the Powerbook SCSI slot is smaller
> than the one on the G3)? Or do I have to set up some sort of
> mini-network type thing?

     You can transfer files between practically any two small computers with
serial ports using a NULL modem connector (or, sometimes, it's a NULL modem
cable) to join modem cables coming from each computer. This is described in
more detail in the newsgroup FAQs files Csa2T1tcom.txt and Csa2T2tcom.txt. You
can find the FAQs at ...

for Viewing via an FTP program or for downloading ...
 ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Faqs/

for on-line perusing via Netscape, etc. ...
 http://www.grin.net/~cturley/A2.FAQs.and.INFO/CSA2.FAQs/
 ftp://apple.cabi.net/pub/applegs/FAQs.and.INFO/A2.Csa2.FAQs/



Rubywand