dlau@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (David Lau) (02/10/91)
I'm looking for an Amiga COM program which will allow me to set up the following scenario: AT Clone <-------------------> Amiga 1000 | Serial Connection | | | AT Monitor +---------------------+ | CLI Window - | | serially connected | | with the AT monitor | | and keyboard | +---------------------+ In other words, an analagous environment can be achieved between 2 AT's by using any terminal program on one side, and a terminal program on the other side which allows "shelling out" to the dos environment (as in Procomm+ connected to Procomm). Is there such a program fo allt hanks. Sal
tbissett@nstar.rn.com (Travis Bissett) (02/11/91)
dlau@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (David Lau) writes: > I'm looking for an Amiga COM program which will allow me to > set up the following scenario: > > AT Clone <-------------------> Amiga 1000 > In other words, an analagous environment can be achieved between 2 AT's by > using any terminal program on one side, and a terminal program on the other Hmmm . . . it sounds to me as if you want to do a remote access to your Amiga environment. While there has been more development, I think, on doing this from other Amigas, or form BSD unix workstations (cf. Dillon's DNET and permutations such as PARNET) I think what you want can be accomplished. But to answer your question more directly -- no, I don't personally know of an Amiga comm program that will allow dos commands to be received and executed, with the possible exception of AREXX commands. It seems to me that the folks at SLAC were setting up their Amigas to execute commands from the IBM mainframe via AREXX (almost what you seemed to want); I doubt any competent programmer on the Amiga would have much trouble adding a shell feature to a comm program -- so this rules me out but try to get ahold of Jack Radigan on FIDO if not here; why even bother with a comm program on the Amiga if all you want is access to AmigaDOS? Just use the AUX: device. Heck I'd set up my Timex to be a remote terminal on my A1000 when AUX: was still a hack and not officially supported (i.e. pre-WB1.3 days). Not much applicationwise to use on it though. Nobody had ported applications that tolerated a dumb terminal environment. I understand that it's a little better now with an Emacs and a VI like editor available that won't try to open a window. Talk to the folks at ASDG. Since they make multiple serial card addons for Amiga they may know some things about what folks can do with 'em. So, bottom line: I've heard of people setting up their Amiga via the AUX: device to permit "login" through a modem -- same as from another PC. Let us know what you end up doing with it, OK? Good luck. -- internet: tbissett@nstar.rn.com -or- tbissett%nstar@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu uucp: ..!uunet!nstar.rn.com!tbissett -or- ..!uunet!nstar!tbissett NSTAR Public Access 219-289-0287 - 1190 newsgroups - 1500 megabytes - 7 lines
terry@helios.ucsc.edu (Terry Ricketts) (02/12/91)
>> I'm looking for an Amiga COM program which will allow me to >> set up the following scenario: >> >> AT Clone <-------------------> Amiga 1000 >> In other words, an analagous environment can be achieved between 2 AT's by >> using any terminal program on one side, and a terminal program on the other I suspect that the program PLW (for phone line watcher) might do the job you want. It is on some of the latest Fish disks. I don't know if it will work via a direct connection, but it is worth a try. | Terry Ricketts | Internet: terry@helios.ucsc.edu | Senior Electronics Engineer | loel@helios.ucsc.edu | Lick Observatory Electronics Lab | Phone: 408-459-2110 | University of Calif, Santa Cruz |
lhotka@incstar.uucp (02/13/91)
In article <16511@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>, dlau@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (David Lau) writes: > I'm looking for an Amiga COM program which will allow me to > set up the following scenario: > > AT Clone <-------------------> Amiga 1000 > > In other words, an analagous environment can be achieved between 2 AT's by > using any terminal program on one side, and a terminal program on the other > side which allows "shelling out" to the dos environment (as in > Procomm+ > connected to Procomm). > > Is there such a program fo allt hanks. > Sal Perhaps the AUX: device in the 1.3 enhancer stuff? Alternately it appears after a quick look through the new HandShake docs that you could combine HandShake with AREXX and come up with a very nice system to do this. Speaking of which, for those who haven't heard, HandShake-2.20c.lzh is on ab20.larc.nasa.gov. ______________________________________________________________________ / Rockford Lhotka INCSTAR Corp \ | Applications Project Leader 1990 Industrial Blvd | | incstar!lhotka@uunet.uu.net PO Box 285 | \ 612/779-1701 Stillwater, MN 55082 / -------------Amiga - The computer for the creative mind.--------------