>Bruce;
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>Concerning Direct Cable Connection - best thing since Apple Pie (almost):
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>Hope you have win95 or win98 on one of your machines. I am not sure if win2000 has this or not. My NT 4.0 Server does not seem to have it.
>
>Give this a try:
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>http://www.helmig.com/j_helmig/dcc.htm

Thanks, Greg and Tom. My desktop is 98SE and the laptop is 95B, so this sounds promising. I'll start looking into it.