greg@hpkslx.HP.COM (Greggory Orsini contractor) (12/07/89)
I need to hook two or more PC's in a simple sort of network. I was hoping to use serial ports as there would be no hardware additions to make this work. If anyone can tell me something that already exists, that would be great. But I've been thinking of writing some TSRs to do the job. My problem is I'm concerned about doing DOS calls from a TSR that is started via a serial inter- rupt routine. Here's my current design ideas. Two PC connect from serial port to port. A serial driver on each waits for commands on from the other machine. Upon get a command to retrieve a file, it would invoke some TSR to get the file a pass it out the serial port. With this system in place I was hoping to write some simple commands such as RSH for remote shell, and RCP for remote copy (stealing from unix). Any ideas or warnings about TSRs would be greatly appreciated. Greg Orsini