plw@sgfb.ssd.ray.com (Paul L. White) (06/05/91)
Thanks to all who responded to my request for information on how to
perform a null modem transfer of the rough draft of my novel from my
Amiga 2000 to my Mac Classic. Special thanks to Ken Corey who had exactly
the right answer to my problem.
It goes like this:
1) Go to your local purveyor of electronic components (I always avoid
Radio Shack unless price or availability dictates). Purchase 1 null modem
adapter and 1 gender bender (if necessary). [approx. $10]
2) With both computers deenergized, disconnect the regular modem cable from
each modem. Connect the modem cable of the host computer to modem cable of
the target computer using the adapter (and gender bender) to connect them.
3) Energize both computers and load their respective comm programs. (Because
its a null modem, one can set the baud rate to the highest matching limit
of both comm programs. Wow! 9600 baud!).
4) Download/upload like you would from a bbs (you must set up the host
computer to xmit and the target computer to receive in the same protocol
[xmodem, ymodem, zmodem, Kermit, etc).
I found it an easy, inexpensive, and educational computer experience...and there
aren't many of those.
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Paul White
plw@rayssdb My employer and I rarely share
opinions
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