Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!sgi!shinobu!odin!odin.corp.sgi.com!portuesi From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Zero Slot LANs query Message-ID: Date: 31 Aug 90 15:48:53 GMT References: <3860002@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com> <911@iceman.jcu.oz> Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com (Net News) Reply-To: portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 42 In-Reply-To: zlraa@iceman.jcu.oz's message of 31 Aug 90 12:08:06 GMT >>>>> On 31 Aug 90 12:08:06 GMT, zlraa@iceman.jcu.oz (Ross Alford) said: > In article <3860002@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com>, limhl@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Lim Hui Lin) writes: >> >> Can anyone make a recommendation for one of the zero slot LAN s/w >> packages? I am considering using one of these in place of buying >> an external drive for a Toshiba T1000XE. >> > I have experimented with these and found them a pain if all you want is > to transfer files. They require device drivers, etc installed on both > machines, and also usually want both machines to be running the same version > of DOS. A much easier alternative, and one I like so much I'm sending the $10 > requested as a contribution, is a little utility called ZIP, available from the > MSDOS.LAN directory on SIMTEL20 as ZIP143.ZIP, 18k bytes long. It is a small > .com file which does transfers at 115,000 bps across null modem lines between > two PCs running ANY versions of DOS. It can download itself from one to > another by redirecting DEBUG's input from the com port on the receiving > machine. To do file transfers, just run it on both machines, tell one to be a > server, direct all transactions from the keyboard of the other. If this > program would transfer entire hard disks, subdirectories and all, it would be > perfect. I should point out that on the machine under discussion (the T1000XE), LapLink comes built into ROM. It can transfer files between PC's at 115,000 bps over the serial port, download itself to another machine, and transfer entire subdirectory trees between machines. So if you buy a T1000XE and just need to transfer files between machines, your problem has already been solved. BTW, Toshiba seems to have lowered the price on the T1000XE. The cheapest local dealer price I'm now seeing is $1545 -- much cheaper than the $1725 mail-order price I was able to find three months ago. --M -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com "every now and then things become clear" -- jane siberry