peer to peer lan

Looking for a link to the diagram for connecting two computers together as a 
peer to peer LAN using a crossover cat5 cable to the Ethernet ports.

Also need the rest of the information about actually making the two 
computers 'talk' to each other.

Seems that I saw this may years ago when the LANS first started (prior to 
the www.)

I want to use this to copy files from one computer to another without 
burning cds or physically moving the hard drive.

Thanks for the help