An accessory to connect two computers with USB cable

[mm]

A little while back I asked about the various kinds of USB cables, and
in passing I and someone else said that one can't plug a USB cable
from one cmoputer to another.

While that's still true, they do sell, I saw at Best Buys a cable with
something in the middle that does just that. It only said XP and
Vista, but that might relate to only part of the things it can do, and
I know a lot of?, some people here also have XP boxes. It's 70
dollars, marked down they claimed from 90, and has three chores it can
do.

One is indeed to copy files from one computer to the other. This
might work with win98.

Another was to run one computer from the other. This is imo going to
require software (I don't remember seeing, but I presume a CD is
included with this thing, or the software already exists in some
OS's.) and I think it likely that it won't run on win98. Most people
don't want to do this anyhow.

And I forget the third function. It was something I wouldn't want to
do.

Thought you'd all want to know, and I didn't want to leave my sort-of
incorrect remark standing.

[Jeff Richards]

Here's an example
http://www.mittoni.com.au/usb-20-data-link-network-cable-p-1344.html
That store item might be overpriced.

If the USB connection establishes a standard network interconnect then
anything you can do with a pair of networked machines can be done using that
cable. Functionality will therefore depend on the OS and the installed
networking components. The manufacturer may provide some additional
functions that take advantage of specific features of the cable or of USB,
and those functions will depend on the software supplied and what OS it is
compatible with.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"mm" > wrote in message
...
>A little while back I asked about the various kinds of USB cables, and
> in passing I and someone else said that one can't plug a USB cable
> from one cmoputer to another.
>
> While that's still true, they do sell, I saw at Best Buys a cable with
> something in the middle that does just that. It only said XP and
> Vista, but that might relate to only part of the things it can do, and
> I know a lot of?, some people here also have XP boxes. It's 70
> dollars, marked down they claimed from 90, and has three chores it can
> do.
>
> One is indeed to copy files from one computer to the other. This
> might work with win98.
>
> Another was to run one computer from the other. This is imo going to
> require software (I don't remember seeing, but I presume a CD is
> included with this thing, or the software already exists in some
> OS's.) and I think it likely that it won't run on win98. Most people
> don't want to do this anyhow.
>
> And I forget the third function. It was something I wouldn't want to
> do.
>
> Thought you'd all want to know, and I didn't want to leave my sort-of
> incorrect remark standing.

[Jeff Richards]

Here's an example
http://www.mittoni.com.au/usb-20-data-link-network-cable-p-1344.html
That store item might be overpriced.

If the USB connection establishes a standard network interconnect then
anything you can do with a pair of networked machines can be done using that
cable. Functionality will therefore depend on the OS and the installed
networking components. The manufacturer may provide some additional
functions that take advantage of specific features of the cable or of USB,
and those functions will depend on the software supplied and what OS it is
compatible with.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"mm" > wrote in message
...
>A little while back I asked about the various kinds of USB cables, and
> in passing I and someone else said that one can't plug a USB cable
> from one cmoputer to another.
>
> While that's still true, they do sell, I saw at Best Buys a cable with
> something in the middle that does just that. It only said XP and
> Vista, but that might relate to only part of the things it can do, and
> I know a lot of?, some people here also have XP boxes. It's 70
> dollars, marked down they claimed from 90, and has three chores it can
> do.
>
> One is indeed to copy files from one computer to the other. This
> might work with win98.
>
> Another was to run one computer from the other. This is imo going to
> require software (I don't remember seeing, but I presume a CD is
> included with this thing, or the software already exists in some
> OS's.) and I think it likely that it won't run on win98. Most people
> don't want to do this anyhow.
>
> And I forget the third function. It was something I wouldn't want to
> do.
>
> Thought you'd all want to know, and I didn't want to leave my sort-of
> incorrect remark standing.