mark@sickkids.UUCP (Mark Bartelt ) (03/20/86)
I'm posting this for a colleague; I know next to nothing about HP150s,
so apologies in advance if the questions seem silly, or if the answers
are obvious ...
One of the people in our group has a pair of HP150s, one in his office
and one in his secretary's office. They'd like to be able to move files
back and forth between them, as easily as possible. (He is definitely
NOT a computer person, so minimizing crypticness and maximizing ease of
use is crucial.)
[ Side note: Don't ask me WHY he has a pair of HP150s. It's the
only desktop computer that I dislike more than the IBM PC (and
its relatives). I certainly didn't recommend that he buy them.
This is what happens when people who don't know anything about
computers go out and buy things without asking for advice first. ]
Right now, this is done by carrying diskettes back and forth. What I'd
like to find out is what (if anything) is available in terms of software
(and hardware?) for moving files between HP150s. I presume that there
are probably versions of kermit and/or xmodem kicking around, so that one
could connect the two machines through their RS232 ports. However, this
approach is far from ideal, since whoever wants to move a file from[to]
his/her machine to[from] the other one would have to first ensure that
the appropriate program is running in the remote machine.
What would really be nice is either a cheap ethernet (or other type of
LAN), with appropriate software to support it in both systems, so that
a file transfer could be initiated in either direction by issuing a
single command on one of the systems. Is anything like that available?
If so, have your experiences with what you've used been good/bad/mixed?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Mark Bartelt
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
{utzoo,ihnp4,decvax}!sickkids!mark
PS: I suppose I should put in a disclaimer ... The opinions expressed
above are my own. They may not (probably don't, in fact) reflect the
opinions of HSC, its affiliated organizations, or its other employees,
many of whom (for reasons that I will never be able to comprehend) seem
to actually LIKE the HP150.billw@Navajo.ARPA (William E. Westfield) (03/26/86)
There is, or was, an ethernet interface available for the HP150. I doubt whether its cheap, and i dont know if it has any supporting software. BillW