On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Russell Hires wrote:
> So here I am, trying to get my mac to output to serial (through the
> modem) to my pc (through its modem)
I've tried that. Didn't work.
> I don't have a null modem cable,
A null-modem adapter, plus two serial cables (like go to an external
modem) should be fine. I have a null-modem adapter here, but you're not
here.
> besides, I've got two different kinds of hardware
Doesn't matter, as long as you have a serial cable for each. Before I had
a LAN or broadband I used to do
+---+ serial +--------+ serial +-----+
|Mac|---X----|Linux PC|--------|modem|
+---+ ^ +--------+ +-----+
null-modem
adapter
The link was good for 10-11 KB/s.
> Both are running debian, and I know that I'm talking to the modem on
> each machine, but I can't get the one to output to the other.
I think some part of the hardware may be powered by the phone line, at
least that's what I figured.
> I'd like to know if it's possible to use a regular phone cord to have
> one pc output to serial to another pc. Can anyone help!
AFAIK not a phone cord. Serial, yes.
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