txm2744%ritcv@cs.rit.edu (09/13/89)
This question is in regard to the 1.3 AUX: device and serial communication. I have my roomates and my Amiga connected with a NULL modem serial cable. I can do file transfers using a terminal program with no problem. I can't, however, get the AUX: device to work. Has anyone played around with this??? Thomas A. Mikalsen "Dig me ... But don't bury me." Rochester Institute of Technology
ejkst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) (09/18/89)
In article <1285@cs.rit.edu> txm2744%ucss@cs.rit.edu (Thomas A. Mikalsen) writes: >I have my roomates and my Amiga connected with a NULL modem serial cable. >I can do file transfers using a terminal program with no problem. I can't, >however, get the AUX: device to work. Has anyone played around with this??? I use AUX: occasionally, with a vt240 terminal and null modem. It's the same null modem cable that I used when connecting two computers (Amiga and IBM) earlier. I mount aux: in my startup-sequence. (Doesn't take more than a few bytes until AUX: is accessed, then the driver is loaded.) My mountlist entry looks like # AUX: Handler = L:Aux-Handler Priority = 5 # Make sure that the remote "terminal" (The terminal program on the "remote" amiga) is set to the same baud, parity, bits, and stop bits as your Preferences serial settings on the host amiga. Then "newcli aux:" should open a cli on the remote amiga. If you use 9600 baud, then the remote terminal is automatically configured to run ROM-Wack if you need to do debugging. I can't seem to run reliably any faster than 9600, plus the vt240 isn't fast enough anyway; so I use 9600 baud. If you're having trouble getting it to work, gear down to 300 baud, it's much more forgiving about parity, etc. Hope this helps. -- Eric Kennedy ejkst@cis.unix.pitt.edu
pa1158@sdcc13.ucsd.EDU (pa1158) (09/22/89)
In article <1285@cs.rit.edu> txm2744%ucss@cs.rit.edu (Thomas A. Mikalsen) writes: >This question is in regard to the 1.3 AUX: device and serial communication. > >I have my roomates and my Amiga connected with a NULL modem serial cable. >I can do file transfers using a terminal program with no problem. I can't, >however, get the AUX: device to work. Has anyone played around with this??? > Yeah you need to select which computer will be the host machine and which will be the sender. Have your friend run a terminal on his machine and make sure you set the baud rates. On you machine Match your baud rates with his by editing Preferences SERIAL. Then Issue the MOUNT AUX:. Now execute a NEWSHELL AUX: or NEWCLI AUX: on your cli or shell window. On the terminal AMIGA your friend should see a NEWSHELL> or 1> (for NEWCLI) prompt. He can now access your machine as if he was using a CLI thru the terminal software. Good luck. Viet Ho