Laurence Payne wrote in message . ..

Is there a particular reason you don't want to put in network cards?

Initially, I didn't have any previous experience with putting 2
computers together, and thought since I had the USB ports there might
a quick & easy way to use them. There's another issue that I don't
remember whether I have any free pci slots on the one, I'll have to
crack it open and look.

However, in the interim I've discovered that it's possible to transfer
files through the parallel ports. It's a bit pokey, but a $10 cable
and a bit of a wrestling match to get it working and it works like a
charm. Actually slower than burning to a rewriteable and tranferring
over, however it doesn't require me to watch over it once I hit the go
button.

What I'm wondering now is if there are any tweaks to speed up the
parallel port transfer.