On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 23:01:53 -0400, Russell Hires <rhires@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hello all...
>
> So here I am, trying to get my mac to output to serial (through the
> modem) to my pc (through its modem)...using a regular phone cord. I
> don't have a null modem cable, besides, I've got two different kinds of
> hardware...they don't have the same type of connectors, though they do
> share the modems and phone cord...
>
> 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!
Not without a special adapter to substitute for the POTS line that's
normally between the two PCs if you're connecting via modem, unless
you're doing a manual answer. You need some kind of crossover for the
phone wire to go from the Tx port of the originating modem to the Tx
port of the receiving modem, otherwise you're just going striaght
pin-to-pin and going nowhere.
Best way to do what you're doing is not with a modem, but with two
network cards and a crossover adapter or cable, or, if they both have
USB, you can pick up a USB sync cable from Radio Shack for about $30
that will create a mini USB network between the two systems.
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