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At 10:40 AM 9/23/96 -0700, jesse montrose wrote:
>>I move files all the time this way. Some day
>>I'll get around to figuring how to use "Brief Case". If you have Win31 then
>>it's Puma's Tranxit for IR or cable. I think Win95 would be cheaper...
>
>I've got it working, with one complaint (the performance). I have about
>100MB of data that I keep sync'ed.. all my projects, email, etc.. I
>consider it a backup, since I generally sync at least once a day. It takes
>a few minutes.
I've stayed out of this to see all the neat/creative/inexpensive
solutions people came up with, but now that seems to have come to a head,
let me state the obvious:
LapLink for Win 95.
I used to use a little DOS program called "FastLynx" that did all
this wonderfully, but since Win 95 added long filenames, etc. I bought
LapLink 7.0 (for Win 95) and I have not been the slightest bit
disappointed--its VERY good. Works over cables, IR (though I can't get the
IR to work on the 701, but fine on the 560), Ethernet (IPX, TCP/IP), etc.
Does a great job of syncing, and its a lot faster than the "briefcase" thing.
Anyway, it ain't free--costs about $100 or so, but well worth the
$$$ in my opinion. And to top it all off, it gives you remote access
capability over phone/modem, ethernet, and even the internet (and by cable).
Its *really* great.
Anyway, all this other stuff has its advantages (inexpensive/free,
small, etc.), but overall, I highly recommend LapLink--I wouldn't settle for
anything less, now that I've had a taste of how great it is.
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