Re: Networking my Thinkpad in DOS to Windows desktop

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Thu Jul 01 1999 - 11:28:57 EDT

Well, beyond doing a network, if all you want it to get win9x on the 560, use
an older version of laplink and the parallel port..
laplink the cabs to the HDD and run from there.. :-)

i have laplink5 that works well enough and it all fits a standard floppy..
you'll need the proper cable, but if thats a difficulty, you can do it with a
slightly modified serial cable.. (much slower, but it does work)...

Warren Tan Wing Wah wrote:

> I have a TP 560X running MS-DOS 6.0, without a CD-ROM drive. I have a 3Com
> 3C589D
> PCMCIA network card, as well as Windows 98 running on a desktop PC. The
> desktop's network adapter and settings are configured already. I need the
> laptop to access a CD-ROM drive on the desktop, but I can't install Windows
> (because I don't have an external CDROM drive) to do so the normal way.
>
> Now the question is how I network a DOS laptop with the Windows machine.
>
> Would appreciate any help!
>
> Thanks in advance. 

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