Re: Parallel port cables

From	Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Parallel port cables
Date	2016-04-09 15:30 +0000
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hereford <takecarebeware@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 19/03/2016 7:54 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > hereford <takecarebeware@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I have three laptops with parallel ports but nothing else to connect them to,
> >
> >    You can connect one to another with a 'Laplink' cable. The poor third
> > laptop remains unconnected, but perhaps you can connect a printer or a
> > diskette drive [1] to it.
> >
> > [1] That's why I keep my - somewhat broken - XP laptop, so I can still
> > read 3.5" diskettes. (Yes, I know I could buy a new drive with USB.)
> 
> What's a Laplink cable?

  A cable which can connect the parallel port of one computer to that of
another computer. So it has the same 'sex' connector on both ends (IIRC,
male).

  It can be used to transfer data from one computer to the other. The
most common software to make that possible, was Laplink, hence Laplink
cable. Often the software was included/sold with the cable.

  It was very useful in the time when 'real' (i.e. LAN) networking was
not available/feasible/too_expensive/<whatever>. It was the time when
the only off-line storage was floppies/diskettes (or later ZIP drives).
So how could you get 'large' (i.e. more than a few MB) amounts of data
to another computer? With a Laplink cable!

[Yes, this is simplified history! Get over it! :-)]

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