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Mike wrote:
>
> is it possible to connect to a win2k box to a BL laptop 
> running a parallel connection via lpt1? 

Linux can do TCP/IP over a parallel cable, but I don't know
whether win2k can.  DOS can.  On several occasions, I've used
the PLIP packetdriver on DOS to connect to a Linux system via
TCP/IP.

DOS (and Windows I think) normally use interlnk/intersvr to
connect over a parallel cable.  AFRAIK Linux cannot use that
protocol (although it wouldn't surprise me to find that the
samba package provides that capability).

I have been Windows-free for many years, so I am pretty ignorant 
(as you can see) about what can be done with Windows. 

Cheers,
Steven