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- From: dis@nic.com (Daniel I. Schwartz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: LinkIt! works
- Date: 23 Mar 1996 00:54:27 -0500
- Organization: NIC Internet Connection in NJ: email info@nic.com
- Message-ID: <4j03mj$6ah@nic.com>
- References: <4ip7em$11i@hecate.umd.edu>
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- Keywords: parallel / serial
-
- In article <4ip7em$11i@hecate.umd.edu>,
- Dieter Zander <dzander@csc.umd.edu> wrote:
- >Hello,
- >Does anybody have something positive to say about LinkIt! ?
- >I purchased LinkIt! directly from the co. for U.S.$59.95.
- >It came in a package labeled "Special Version".
- >I did not order any "Special Version".
- >Inside it tells you they are having production problems with
- >their Parallel cable that is supposed to have special electronic
- >circuits and that meanwhile you should use the included Serial cable.
- >They included a sticker on the registration card that promises
- >a "FREE" (?) Parallel cable when (?) that becomes available.
- >So far I have only been able to transfer files fom the AMIGA 2500
- >to various PC's.
- >Any attempt to transfer files from the PC's to the AMIGA freezes
- >both computers up - usually after about 4kbytes.
- >(Also the software does not include any program to convert GIF files
- >to something my Amiga would recognise like JPEG, Raw etc..)
- >Does anybody have any good experiences to report with that company
- >or have I been had? I noticed that there were never any postings about
- >LinkIt in any of the Amiga related newsgroups.
- > Thanks for any informative reply, dzander@umd5.umd.edu
- >
- >P.S. I did contact them through their e-mail address about these problems.
- >
-
-
- I bought LinkIt! a couple weeks ago and use it with my 3000 and a P5-90.
- It works fine. I didn't use their cable since I had a null modem cable
- between them for use with Twin Express. My only compaint is that just
- after I got it I found a program on Aminet (amiga2pc) which does much the
- same thing. Actually more useful because it is a filesystem - it treats
- all the devices on the PC as amiga devices - so you can use any directory
- or requestor to get anything off the PC, even the CDROM. The only problem
- is it's hard to set up and tends to get flaky. Wait! It's called
- PC2Amiga!
-
-
- PC2Amiga. It runs on the Amiga and allows transfers in either direction.
-
- Dan
- --
- Daniel I. Schwartz
- email: dis@nic.com or dschwartz7@genie.geis.com
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