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#208297 - 05/03/2004 18:16 Networking a Notebook to a PC
burdell1
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 931
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
I just got back from a longgggg trip (which will be the subject of another post), and I have a lot of photos saved onto my gf's notebook computer. Is there an easy way to network them together to get the photos off? I tried a serial port connection, but haven't gotten that working yet...She has no ethernet on hers and we both have Windows XP Pro.

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#208298 - 05/03/2004 20:20 Re: Networking a Notebook to a PC [Re: burdell1]
brendanhoar
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Registered: 09/06/2003
Posts: 297
Ethernet pc card?

-brendan

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#208299 - 05/03/2004 21:53 Re: Networking a Notebook to a PC [Re: burdell1]
MinerTwoFour
journeyman

Registered: 10/02/2003
Posts: 78
Loc: St. Louis, MO
Might take a while with the notebook connected to a phone line, but Foldershare would create a pseudo-network over the internet.

Probably a last resort though if there's as many pictures as you make it sound like.

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#208300 - 06/03/2004 00:08 Re: Networking a Notebook to a PC [Re: burdell1]
Dignan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12338
Loc: Sterling, VA
In Win98 I know there was a way to share over a parallel port with the appropriate cable. Not sure if it carried over to the later versions, though. I did it a few times with friends' computers, and the transfer rate was decent enough. Of course, that was in ~1997 standards.
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#208301 - 06/03/2004 00:24 Re: Networking a Notebook to a PC [Re: brendanhoar]
burdell1
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 931
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
I do not want to buy an ethernet card....is there any other way? I have a serial to usb adapter for my palm? could I use that somehow?

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#208302 - 06/03/2004 01:00 Re: Networking a Notebook to a PC [Re: burdell1]
msaeger
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Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
I've got ya covered How many megabytes are there ?
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#208303 - 06/03/2004 03:30 Re: Networking a Notebook to a PC [Re: burdell1]
andy
carpal tunnel

Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
Is it the expense that means you don't want to buy a network card for her laptop ? It would only cost like $15.

Other alternatives are one of those USB-USB networking kits.

http://www.trianglecables.com/usblinfiltra.html
http://www.cwol.com/usb/usb-2-usb-data-link-file-transfer-cable-uc250.htm
http://www.usb-ware.com/usb-2-usb-data-link-file-transfer-cable-uc250.htm

You could also get an adapter for the 2.5" drive in her laptop and connect it to your desktop.

http://www.cablesonline.net/25hdmounkitw.html
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