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An inter-computer communications apparatus providing transparent communication between a number of data sources and a host computer where the data sources have a variety of different hardware and software configurations. The data is received by the apparatus and its type determined by comparison with a number of stored data types using a combination of a lath (25) a page decoder (29) and a converter (33). The data is then converted using an import filter in accordance with the identified data type and is then available for processing by the host computer and re-transmission where required thereby, providing inter-computer communications in an automatic and transparent manner.