RE: tlug: install to no-CD notebook

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Matt Gushee wrote:

> Time to play Lt. Colombo again --
> 
> = Oh, yeah, just one more thing:
> 
> There's one other installation method which nobody's mentioned, but
> which would be cheap and not too terribly hard (or so they say):
> PLIP (Parallel Line Interface Protocol?). You can connect two
> computers via ordinary printer ports, and download the installation
> packages using PLIP. The only catch is that you need a special cable
> which is not sold in stores (at least not ordinary ones), but I think
> it's just a matter of rewiring a standard printer cable. I believe
> there's a HOWTO on PLIP at the LDP.

You can buy them in stores.  It's called a 'laplink' cable, at least in
the USA.  They're usually used for transferring stuff betweeen notebooks
and desktops... although not as popular anymore now that notebooks have CD
drives.

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
Head of TurboLinux Development/Systems Administrator
Pacific HiTech, Inc (USA) / Pacific HiTech, KK (Japan)


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