Subj : Re: Looking For Bbs Clien
To   : AKAcastor
From : kirkspragg
Date : Sat May 04 2024 02:38:23

 AK> That's a great way to transfer files to retro PCs!  What kind of speed
 AK> do you get using fastlynx?  I used Laplink but only a little bit and
 AK> it's been decades, so I don't really recall the speed of it either. 
 AK> Your setup sounds great for pulling the files you want from your
 AK> collection to your retro PC, when you want the files.

I get 40-50 kB/s (kilobytes per sec) with fastlynx. I no longer use laplink due to consistent issues I've had with stability. For short transfers its fine, but anything that needs more that 20-30 minutes is almost guaranteed to either stall or crash outright - sometimes requiring a full power off and on cycle (at both ends) to get everything up and running again, somehow when it breaks it can really mess with your parallel/com ports.

If you interested I can give you more detailed info on how to set this up with dosbox-x on windows. Main things to do are to ensure you get your PCI-E parallel port's IO addresses from the device manager (these are unlikely to be the standard DOS LPT1/2 IO addresses) and use those when configuring the the LTP pass-through with Dosbox-x.

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