Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!apple!claris!outpost.UUCP!peirce From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Cheap file transfer? (was Re: Mac IISi vs. HP DeskWriter = Fried Mac??) Message-ID: Date: 11 Dec 90 17:14:23 GMT Reply-To: philip@pescadero.stanford.edu Organization: Peirce Software Lines: 15 X-Mailer: uMail - Mac Release: 0.1.4 In article <1990Dec10.192045.1724@Neon.Stanford.EDU>, philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) writes: > > In article <4281@s3.ireq.hydro.qc.ca>, houlejm@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Jean-Marie Houle) writes: > |> If you need only a two nodes Appletalk network You can go without > |> AppleTalk boxes. Just connect the two nodes with a printer cable. > If this is true, presumably one can do file transfer between 2 Macs using > a printer cable and free/PD AppleTalk-based stuff like Public Folder or > the forthcoming personal AppleShare. Has anyone tried this? Sounds a lot > better than shuffling diskettes (not to mention saving wear and tear). If > this is so easy / cheap, why is it not advertized as a "feature"? This works just fine with Public Folder... -- michael peirce, creator of Public Folder in a previous life... -- Michael Peirce -- {apple,decwrl}!claris!outpost!peirce -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- and Consulting -- (408) 244-6554