E7OPDAN@TOWSONVX.BITNET (Dan Dinkin) (05/31/88)
I would like to bootstrap Kermit-65 onto an Apple IIe which is directly
connected to a VAX/VMS system running Kermit-32 V3.3.111. The
documentation from Columbia gives directions for three different kinds
of modems but says nothing of a directly connected machine. Does
anyone have any suggestions? Could it be as simple as faking out the
communications software by telling it that the modem is connected
to the port that is actually the direct connect cable or is it more
complicated than that?
Any help at all would be appreciated. Please respond to me directly since
I am not on the INFO-APPLE list.
Thanks.
Dan
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Than to say something and remove all doubt.SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (06/01/88)
>I would like to bootstrap Kermit-65 onto an Apple IIe which is directly >connected to a VAX/VMS system running Kermit-32 V3.3.111. The >documentation from Columbia gives directions for three different kinds >of modems but says nothing of a directly connected machine. Does >anyone have any suggestions? Could it be as simple as faking out the >communications software by telling it that the modem is connected >to the port that is actually the direct connect cable or is it more >complicated than that? A little more complicated. The program needs to have the serial driver installed that matches the address characteristics of the RS-232 port you have you direct connect plugged into. The //c and IIgs have built in ports, the //e and 2+ have to have a serial card installed in a slot. The //c port is the same as the Super Serial Card (SSC) driver AND it's likely that a SSC is what is installed in your //e (I hope so, because many of the clone serial cards won't work well at 9600 or 19.2K). Pop the top on the //e and make sure that microswitch SW2-6 is ON (that enables interrupts and is necesary for Kermit to operate ok at 9600 baud). IF you install the SSC driver and it works ok, then the switch must be on. If you insall the driver and nothing you types appears on the screen and you get no response from your direct connect line, then the switch is off. I assume you have version 3.81 (the latest available from Columbia). Once you have that working, email me and I'll send you version 3.83 which has some useful improvements. If you haven't enhanced that //e, it will have some trouble with character loss at 9600. You can set the program for 4800 and that should work ok (if your direct connect lines are like ours, they'll autobaud detect). Otherwise, get the //e enhancement kit and it'll solve that problem. --------------------- Disclaimer: The "look and feel" of this message is exclusively MINE! (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited) ARPA: sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu Murphy A. Sewall BITNET: SEWALL@UCONNVM School of Business Admin. UUCP: ...ihnp4!psuvax1!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL University of Connecticut