[MacDV] Re: big video file transfer "trick"

[Brett Koonce]

Or even easier, using a crossover cable (special type of ethernet 
cable), which lets you just plug two computers together without a 
router.

And now, for the cool mac trick of the day: most modern macs include a 
auto-magic crossover ability in the ethernet card, which means you can 
just use an ordinary ethernet cable to plug them together and the 
computer will take care of the rest.

-Brett

On Jan 25, 2004, at 11:39 AM, Erica Sadun wrote:

>> Dear enthusiasts,
>>
>> I was trying to figure out how to transfer the large I files from my 
>> I-Mac to my I-Book G4, without buying a larger Zip drive (mine is an 
>> embarrassing 100mb).
>>
>> G. Kuhn and SB were nice enough to take me through the steps of hot 
>> wire transfer with a firewire, but I was nervous about tricking one 
>> of my computers by starting up with the T key held down.
>
> Why not just buy a cheap router and a couple of ethernet cables?
> I'm sure there's other things you'd like to transfer over
> the lifetime of your machines without having to use DV tape...
>
> -- Erica