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- From: sledford@iglou.iglou.com (Steve L. Edford)
- Subject: Re: Connecting A1200 to 486
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- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 05:48:18 GMT
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- bryanm @chch.planet.org.nz (Bryan McNally) writes:
-
- >I would like to connect my A1200 to my 486. I want to access the hard drive on
- >both machines for transferring files across. I hope to be able to access my
- >Zip drive which is connected to the 486 so I can backup my Amiga to it. The
- >Zip drive is the parallel port version. What hardware/software do I need to do
- >this.
-
- This could be done with a program called "TwinExpress." It is a
- shell-based utility that works through a 7-wire null-modem cable (serial
- port). There is an Amiga executable as well as an MSDOS executable. It
- has many aliases built in for Amiga/MSDOS/Unix type commands. You can
- find it on Aminet in:
-
- misc/emu/TWINEXPRESS.lha
-
- I've tried this and it works pretty good. There is also another package
- (more recent) called "PC2Am" in comm/net/PC2Am302.lha. I haven't tried
- this one yet.
-
- >Bryan McNally (Alias The Phantom Faxer)
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- Steve Edford
- sledford@iglou.com
-