> I intend connecting the two machines by the cheapest and simplest
> method I can
> find, but I have done nothing about it yet.  Win98 has only the
> network card
> which I use to connect to the internet via ADSL (and a modem
> which I no longer
> use, and is not plugged in to anything).  Win95 has a modem.
> Neither has any
> other hardware which has anything to do with networking.

     Probably the cheapest method is a serial or parallel connection. Serial
is good for longer lengths but is very slow. Parallel is faster (though
nowhere near as fast as real Ethernet NICs) but doesn't go very far.

> If I click on Entire Network, I get an error message saying (translated to
> English) that I can't browse the network, and that I should use
> the problem
> solver in Win98 Help to solve the problem.
>
> Do I understand correctly from Alan that this is perfectly normal, until I
> have at least a second card and some kind of sharing set?

     Yes, unless you have File and Printer sharing enabled neither machine
will report any other machines, or itself, in network neighbourhood. TTYL

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