you can hook the two parallel ports together with a "laplink" cable and use
a freeware utility to move files - used to do that before ethernet. I may
also still have a shareware/freeware network program to move files using
serial cables
"JohnM" wrote in message
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Ignoramus6455 wrote:
yes, there are coax ethernet cards etc.

Unlikely that the OP knew those details though.

Hey. Thanks for the compliment. Yes, I was aware of that, having looked
into it, but asking questions is how one learns and sometimes the stuff on
the web assumes greater beginning knowledge than I have.

Yeah, maybe I should go buy the stuff new, but I don't want to yet.. I've
got some fairly obsolete machines here I'd like to play with and, not yet
being a Linux geek, I'll either use win95 or 98 'cause that's what I have
on hand.

For the moment I'd just like to be able to move files around without
burning CDs and maybe try to get the wife or kids to play a game or two
with me.

John

In any case, go to walmart and buy a network router, and follow
instructions on the router. If you cannot make it work, return the
router back to walmart. Ask newsgroups for help. i