Null modem cables

[Managarm]

I hope someone can help. I've got two Amigas, my main one which is an A1200 with HD and the old one, A500+/A570. I've recently got a load of cd software - Aminet and the Fred Fish collection. What I've been doing is saving the files to floppy on the A500 and then loading and installing the software on the A1200. This is getting to be a pain.

So I thought of getting a null modem cable and transferring files that way. I assume I'll need some software (that hopefully will be on the Aminet or Fred Fish CDs). How easy is this to do? What is the transfer speed like? (I've heard the serial port is kind of slow.) Also how easy are the cables to find?

[Managarm]

Great, thanks for that. Would any null modem cable work or are there different types? I only ask as I typed it in on Ebay and this came up:

http://search.ebay.co.uk/null-modem-cable_W0QQsojsZ1QQfromZR40

I'm sure there must be a networking program on one of the CDs. (After all there's 6000 programs on the Fish Disk alone.)

[Managarm]

Just wanted to say thanks to you all for your help. My days of messing around with floppies will soon be over.

[Managarm]

Now that I'll have the two Amigas networked, does anyone know if I' be able to connect it to a Spectrum +2?

[Managarm]

Now that I'll have the two Amigas networked, does anyone know if I' be able to connect it to a Spectrum +2?