sueb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Sue Bergquist) (06/22/91)
I'm trying to use my Macintosh to talk to the UNIX vax at work. (A long- distance call, so experimentation is expensive....) My setup: IIsi 2/40, System 6.0.7 Apple 1200 model (with a custom-built cable, since the local dealer wasn't able to supple one) 1) I have Works, which comes with a communcations program. I configured it with the settings I used to use running MacTerminal (version 1-something) on my old 512k Mac. Works dials the vax OK and gets a connection, but the vax immediately hangs up. [ I borrowed a second cable to make sure the cable wasn't the problem and got the same behavior. I also experimented a bit with changing the settings, but had no luck. ] So -- has anyone out there used the Works communication program successfully with an si? If so, what settings are you using? (I don't remember what version of Works I have, but I got it just a few months ago.) 2) Is there a version of MacTerminal that works with the si? I was loaned a copy of version 2.2, but it died a quick death. 3) What communications programs DO work with the si? White Knight (version ?). 4) With my old 512k Mac and MacTerminal, I used to use xbin on the vax, then macput to send the result to the mac. Will this method work with the other terminal programs? Thanks for any help! Sue Bergquist sueb@vice.ico.tek.com Tektronix
cjeff@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Carl J.M. Alexander) (06/22/91)
In article <7648@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> sueb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Sue Bergquist) writes: > >I'm trying to use my Macintosh to talk to the UNIX vax at work. (A long- >distance call, so experimentation is expensive....) > >My setup: > IIsi 2/40, System 6.0.7 > Apple 1200 model (with a custom-built cable, since the local dealer > wasn't able to supple one) > > >1) I have Works, which comes with a communcations program. I configured it The Works comm module is known junk--I mean, not just because it's from Microsoft: it's junk even by their standards. Try Zterm. It's shareware ($35) available from most user groups, sumex, mac bulletin boards, etc. The current version is 0.85; a new version is supposed to be coming out any time now, but 0.85 works fine with System 7, at least in 24 bit mode. The modem may be part of your problem as well--I've never used the Apple 1200, but I've heard quite a few complaints about it. I doubt that the fact you're using an si has anything to do with anything; much more likely your problems are related to system software/application incompatibilities that didn't show up under whatever system you were running on your 512. >Thanks for any help! > > Sue Bergquist > sueb@vice.ico.tek.com > Tektronix You're welcome, --Carl Alexander | BCS*Mac News Editor, The Active Window | The Boston Computer Society cjeff@silver.lcs.mit.edu | Macintosh Users Group
conrad@popvax.uucp (M20400@c.nobili) (06/23/91)
In article <7648@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> sueb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Sue Bergquist) writes: >I'm trying to use my Macintosh to talk to the UNIX vax at work. (A long- >distance call, so experimentation is expensive....) >My setup: > IIsi 2/40, System 6.0.7 > Apple 1200 model ... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ummmm.... If you are making long distance calls and downloading files (you had asked questions about downloading too, not just doing terminal emulation...), you should __really__ consider getting a faster modem! If you don't have a modem at work that goes any faster then maybe you should consider getting _two_ faster modems. Really, you can get a _pair_ of skanky 2400 bps modems cheaply these days. And decent error-correcting and data-compressing 2400 bps modems aren't too outrageous either. Check out the ZOOM V.42bis for instance, found at any fly-by-night mail-order place in the back of MacWEEK.... I bought myself a pair of USRobotics Courier V.32bis (14,400 bps) modems as I knew setting up my own path into work was the only way it would be done right. Obviously this is a bit expensive for casual use, but the suggestions in the previous paragraph should be reasonable. After all, you were able to afford a Macintosh rather than some skungy PeeCee clone.... ;-) I will let others respond to the serial communication program questions. I use Farallon PhoneNET Liaison to set up a _network_ connection to my AppleTalk net- work at work and so have happily forgotten about most _serial_ communication programs.... >Thanks for any help! I _hope_ this is helpful...! (I apologize if it's not....) > Sue Bergquist > sueb@vice.ico.tek.com > Tektronix +---- C o n r a d C . N o b i l i ----+ | | | Harvard University | Internet: conrad@harvarda.harvard.edu | | Office for Info. Tech. | conrad@popvax.harvard.edu | | Information Services | BITNET: CONRAD AT HARVARDA | | Technical & User Services | CONRAD AT HARVSPHB | | 1730 Cambridge Street | voice: (617) 495-8554 | +---- Cambridge, MA 02138 | fax: (617) 495-0715 ----+
goebel@buster.cps.msu.edu (Chris J Goebel) (06/24/91)
I am currently using a IIsi with 'maclayers' to create this response via 2400 baud modem. This program is available from sumex where Zterm is also available and I will vouch for its compatiblity. Hope this helps-Chris