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From: bower@hfsi.UUCP (Michael Bower Comm. )
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Emergency IBM help needed!!!!!
Keywords: Serial Data Transfer
Message-ID: <375@hfsi.UUCP>
Date: 25 May 90 11:13:10 GMT
References: <7843@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <14278@thorin.cs.unc.edu>
Reply-To: bower@hfsi.UUCP (Michael Bower Comm. )
Organization: Honeywell Federal Systems Inc., McLean VA.
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In article <14278@thorin.cs.unc.edu> hardarso@unc.cs.unc.edu (Kari Hardarson) writes:
>It seems to me you should look at a product named the Brooklyn Bridge.
>It is related to Laplink, except it uses the Serial port instead of
>the parallell port. It does this at a faster rate than the official
>rate of 19.200 baud. What the speed is I don't know, but the transfer
>goes faster than copying the same amount of data from a hardisk to a
>floppy so it must be pretty fast. Only disadvantage is: IBM PS/2 models

For the record:
Brooklyn Bridge runs over either the parallel or serial cable.  If you
use parallel, you get 500,000+ bps.  If you use the serial port, you
get up 115,600 bps.  The serial cable is a regular "null-modem/turn-
around" cable.  The parallel cable (supplied with BB) is a special cable
although it wouldn't be hard to make.  (BB supplies both cables.)

Laplink II runs only on the serial port with speeds up to 115,600.
I think LapLink III runs on both serial and parallel.  Recently,
PC Magazine ran a comparison but I don't remember the details or how
far back in time that was.

BB also comes with some nice features.  You can run there filer
program or your own.  You basically set it up so that drives
ABC on one machine become DEF on another and various configurations.

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