Does anyone know if direct cable transfer will work from a parallel port on a win95 machine to a USB port on a new machine with XP using some parallel-to-USB adaptor or cable?
Don't you have another post on this . That adapter was $25. Are you just trying to transfer files? You'd be better off buying a $10 nic. Speeds would be much faster any ways.
You will need one in both computers. I am guessing the xp machine already has one but not sure. Then just connect the 2 with a crossover cable and your good. This will be cheaper and WAAAYYYY faster than using some parallel to usb cable.
No, it needs to be a crossover cable. Although a crossover cable is just a normal ethernet cable with a couple of the wires crossed, so you can make one out of a normal ethernet cable.