Laplink, Interlink and various clones all had this "remote install" feature. another mike --------------Original Message: From: "Mike van Bokhoven" <mike at ambientdesign.com> Subject: Re: Restoring an XT - transfer problem To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Message-ID: <00c201c757d4$df79e760$0132a8c0 at fluke> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" (XT have need Now this is going to sound very vague, but perhaps it'll jog someone else's memory. Once upon a time, it was possible to buy a serial file transfer package that supported transfer to/from MS-DOS machines with no removable media, e.g. machines with dead floppy drives, so long as they were able to load MS-DOS or similar in some way. The process went something like this: 1. Make sure the two machines have compatible RS232 settings. 2. Connect the two machines with a null-modem cable. 3. On the driveless machine ('client'), type a short command that effectively mapped the serial port to the console. 4. On the 'server' machine, run the transfer software, selecting the option that sends the software to the client machine. The server would then upload and start the client software - instant networking. The downside - I don't remember which package it was that did this. LapLink? XTLink? Google wasn't helpful in this case. Mike.