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This article is from the Amiga Networking FAQ, by Richard Norman with numerous contributions by others.

36 I only have two machines, an Amiga and __________.

How can I exchange data without a net?
Four solutions come to mind. From least to most expensive:
  1) Floppies
  2) a) NULL Modem cable (serial/modem port)
     b) Parallel cable (may require special wiring. consult software)
  3) External SCSI or IDE
  4) Ethernet   (Ok, OK, so this one is a net.)
1) Floppies
If the data will fit on a 720k or 1.4M floppy then you have it made.  See
appropriate section below  for details on your computer setup.
2) a) NULL Modem cable
If the two machines are in the same room a null modem cable is useful for moving
larger amounts of data. You will need software in addition to the cable. You can
write your own or use something like TwinExpress  which is on   Aminet   . In
addition to moving files TwinExpress will also  allow you to print remotely. For
example, If you have a postscript  printer hooked to the PC's LPT2 port, then 
  copy hd0:psfiles/mydoc.ps ~LPT2
will send the postscript file over the nullmodem cable to the PC printer.
   b) Parallel cable
If the computers are close together (6 to 12 feet), then a special parallel cable
can be used to connect them.
PARnet is available for PC's and can be made to work with the Amiga version of
  PARnet  . Sorry, I don't have any details. If someone wants to send some, I'll add
them to the FAQ.
  Link It!   is a commercial solution that will work with either serial or parallel,
and comes with a parallel cable.
  PLIP  , is also a possibility but I don't have any details.
Also there is a program on Aminet called PC2Amiga. 
3) External SCSI or IDE
The next cheapest solution is to get a SCSI external drive with removable media
such as a Syquest or Bernoulli.  See below for details and an example of
sneakernet.
4) Ethernet
Of course there is nothing wrong with setting up an ethernet LAN between just two
machines other than cost.
     NFS solutions:
     Amiga -- NFSd by Interworks
     Amiga -- ch_NFS (comes with AmiTCP)
     MAC   -- MacNFS by Thursby Software  http://www.thursby.com
     PC    -- PcNFS by Sun

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