Windoze 'Direct Cable connect' cable VS Parnet cable

[Castellen]

"Direct cable connect" means physically connecting two machines, it
could be serial, parallel, ethernet or whatever.

Yes there is some kind of parallel networking thing you can do on PCs,
I'm not sure if it's compatible with Parnet or if there are any
AmigaOS clients.

In the past I've used a serial null modem cable and run TwinExpress on
both machines.
You can't share directories and mount devices  as you can with Parnet,
but you can read/write/delete files on the remote machine plus copy
files between local and remote machines.  You use it like
AmigaDOS/MSDOS depending on which terminal you're looking at.

I've got MSDOS and AmigaOS versions here if you need them.

[Castellen]

Yeah, windows saying "direct cable connect" has a completely different
meaning to anyone else saying it
In that case it's TCP/IP over null modem.  Never tried to network
Amiga to PC that way, but I imagine it would be possible with Miami
and probably AmiTCP.

[Castellen]

There was some PC parallel network thing once, I think it might have
used a Parnet cable, but TBH I can't remember the details.

Easiest way in your case is definately null modem and use windows
direct cable connect.
If you can't find one, the cables are easy to make.  There are two
ways to do it, the simpler uses 3 wires and a few links at each DB9
connector.

I remember some a$$h**e once plugged a parallel cable into my A600's
serial port with a gender changer once.  Blew up my poor computer, so
I had to replace one of the CIAs.  Sucked a bit being surface mount,
but it's still going strong