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USB to USB communication?



On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 08:15:55PM -0500, David Rosenstrauch wrote:
> On 01/20/2010 08:02 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > Years ago there was a DOS/Windows product that allowed you to use
> > Parallel or Serial ports for PC-PC comms. I still have the cables.
> 
> It also used to be possible to use a "crossover" network cable to do the 
> same.

It still is. But 5-port 100Mb/s switches are pretty cheap these
days, so there's generally no need to have special cables about.

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