Re. How2 use extra box to: File > plip > USB-disk

absamail.co.za wrote:

> > Is it possible to save a file from box-A to a USB-disk
> > attatched to box-B, by first transfering the file via plip
> > [ie. par-ports] from box-A to box-B ?
>
> > If so, what would the commands or scripts be, for the
> > 2 boxes ?

John-Paul Stewart wrote:
> First you set up a network using plip. The ancient PLIP HOWTO at
> http://www.tldp.org/[53] might be enough to get you up and running.
> The
> kernel will see the plip network like any other network. So then you
> could use NFS to share the USB-disk, or rsync or ftp or any other
> network file sharing/transfer method.
>
> Can you be more specific about which part is causing you problems?
> (I.e., do you need more help setting up plip or more help with
> transfering files across the network or ...?)

OK, since all my old boxes have a free par-port, I too though of
using plip. But since the boxes are only 2 meters apart, I think
'networking' facilities is an overkill and will introduce unwanted
complications. Via a serial cable, minicom is good; except that
I'd prefer not to have to sacrifice the ser-ports.

It would be nice if I could just find code/algorithm of a
5-bit par-port I/O driver where I could use the equivalent of a
ser-nul-modem cable.

DOS laplink I believe had something like this ?

Thanks for info.

== Chris Glur.

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On Wed, 10 May 2006 06:25:50 -0500, (E-Mail Removed)
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> OK, since all my old boxes have a free par-port, I too though of
> using plip. But since the boxes are only 2 meters apart, I think
> 'networking' facilities is an overkill and will introduce unwanted
> complications. Via a serial cable, minicom is good; except that
> I'd prefer not to have to sacrifice the ser-ports.
>
Networking is built into all Linux kernels, why would it be overkill?
However, if you want to connect more than two computers, it's simpler to
use some network cards and a hub.


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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> absamail.co.za wrote:
>
>
>>> Is it possible to save a file from box-A to a USB-disk
>>>attatched to box-B, by first transfering the file via plip
>>>[ie. par-ports] from box-A to box-B ?
>>
>>>If so, what would the commands or scripts be, for the
>>>2 boxes ?
>
>
> John-Paul Stewart wrote:
>
>>First you set up a network using plip. The ancient PLIP HOWTO at
>>http://www.tldp.org/[53] might be enough to get you up and running.
>> The
>>kernel will see the plip network like any other network. So then you
>>could use NFS to share the USB-disk, or rsync or ftp or any other
>>network file sharing/transfer method.
>>
>>Can you be more specific about which part is causing you problems?
>>(I.e., do you need more help setting up plip or more help with
>>transfering files across the network or ...?)
>
>
> OK, since all my old boxes have a free par-port, I too though of
> using plip. But since the boxes are only 2 meters apart, I think
> 'networking' facilities is an overkill and will introduce unwanted
> complications. Via a serial cable, minicom is good; except that
> I'd prefer not to have to sacrifice the ser-ports.
>
> It would be nice if I could just find code/algorithm of a
> 5-bit par-port I/O driver where I could use the equivalent of a
> ser-nul-modem cable.

I honestly think plip will be dramatically *less* complicated than a
parallel port equivalent of a null modem, just because the necessary
software is already there and it's used by many more people than your
proposed solution.