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Grex Micros Item 109: HOW DO I TRANSFER FILES TO A NOTEBOOK W/NO FLOPPY DRIVE?
Entered by matts on Sun Aug 14 18:38:53 UTC 1994:

I am interested in buying a Z-lite notebook, but really don't
want to shell out f$200 for a floppy drive.  Is there a way 
to transfer files via a port of something?  It comes with a 
modem, so if the comm soft is loaded, i guess i could do  it
that way.....

8 responses total.

#1 of 8 by rcurl on Sun Aug 14 21:35:31 1994:

You can use a null-modem cable between the serial ports. You need comm
software on both, of course. I do this between a PC and a Mac.

#2 of 8 by matts on Sun Aug 14 22:53:33 1994:

what can i do if the com software is not loaded?

#3 of 8 by kentn on Sun Aug 14 23:21:02 1994:

If you have DOS 3.0 or newer loaded on the laptop and DOS 6.x on the
desktop machine, there's a command you can give to transfer the
Interlink files to the laptop from the DOS 6.x machine (intersvr
/rcopy), but you have to have a working "mode" command on the laptop.
This applies only to a serial null-modem connection according to the
DOS 6 Users's Guide.  Once you have interlnk on the laptop and intersvr
on the desktop, you can access the drives on the desktop machine as if
they are part of the laptop.  You can use the Interlink setup to do all
your transfers if you want or to just transfer the comm program to the
laptop.  Check the DOS 6.x manual for the details of operating Interlink.

That's one way...

#4 of 8 by rcurl on Mon Aug 15 00:27:04 1994:

Sound like Almost AppleTalk! (I have my two Macs on PhoneNet AppleTalk
right now - no (additional) comm programs needed.) In answer to matts (#2):
load the com software.

#5 of 8 by matts on Mon Aug 15 02:56:39 1994:

So, with Interlink (does it come with dos 6.2?) i will be able to
transfer philes to the notebook?  Even if all that is installed
on the notebook is  DOS 5 or 6?  Another thing, I thought it was a 
good deal..but what do teh rezst of you think...
for $799, I can get:
386sl 20mhz
8.5 back-lit VGA screen
80 meg Hard Drive
4 meg Ram
2 pcmcia slots
1 24/96 modem/fax pcmcia card
3.9 pounds
trackball
dos (i think) 6.0
good deal?

#6 of 8 by kentn on Mon Aug 15 03:23:39 1994:

If you're happy with it, it's a good deal.  Yes, Interlink comes with
DOS 6.x (6.0, 6.1, 6.2, whatever).  Yes, you will be able to transfer
files.  If Interlink will treat the desktop machine's (the server's)
disk drives as part of the laptop's drives, you can move, copy, xcopy,
edit, delete, rename, run, etc. files on the desktop's drives, while
issuing the DOS commands from the laptop.  Assuming you have a comm
program on the hard drive of the desktop machine, or have a comm
program on a floppy disk that the desktop's drives can read, you can
copy or xcopy it to the laptop's hard drive.  Makes sense doesn't it?

#7 of 8 by scg on Mon Aug 15 04:08:16 1994:

        If you don't have dos 6, another thing you might be able to do is
to install the hard drive from the portable in your desktop machine and
copy comm software that way, and then reinstall it in the portable. 
        I'd say this is a good deal.  If I had $800 lying around right now
that I didn't need to spend on something else, I would very seriously
consider taking that deal rather than going to the trouble of fixing the
keyboard on my much heavier, much bigger, and much slower, 286 portable. 
The only thing I have to question here is why a floppy drive would cost
you $200 to get a floppy drive for this.  Or is it some extra small floppy?

#8 of 8 by n8nxf on Mon Aug 15 12:56:58 1994:

(Or, as on my lap-brick, the controller chip is fried and replacing the
drive will do nada.  When Mine died, I mounted the Lap-brick's HD on a
desk machine as sgc mentioned above.  It worked for me, it may not for
you.  If I were doing it now, I'd use Interlnk and Intersvr.  For help
on using the commands just type Interlnk/? at your DOS prompt.)

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