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The best way to link two computers is to use an RJ45 cable to connect the machines' network cards. However, when one or both of the computers has no network card, there is still a fairly easy way to connect them, by using communication ports (found on every PC). To connect the two computers, you can use a cable called a null modem cable.
A 25-pin parallel port called DB25 A 9-pin serial port called DB9 A DB9-DB9 cable A DB25-DB9 cable A DB25-DB25 cable
So with these ports free on both computers, there are three possible ways to link them by cable:
6+1 DTR 7 8 CS RS
DSR+CD 6+8 SG 7 20 5 4
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DB25 Name TD RD # 2 3
DSR+CD 6+8 SG 7 20 5 4