On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, "Kali McLaughlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear list: > We have been having more fun with DOS comms programs. > Last night I had Arachne browsing nicely from a BOA_DOS server connected > via two modems at each end of a lenght of twin with some 50v power > dribbled into it. (this is a mock up of a kilometre of second hand > phone wire dangled through the Lantana). > (CB radios do not work well in this topography because of the cliffs, > gulleys, rain and trees) > The BOA_DOS server had PPPDD.exe loading the slip packet vector at 0x60 > and Arachne was configured normally except that the IP was fixed at the > number on the server. > Also the CUTCP program ran over the same link giving ftp between both > machines. I did not bother configuring a dialler - just used TELIX top > establish communication before loadign the packet drivers. > The whole exercise is very sweet, but probably useless unless the DOS > server can be run as a DOS router to the LAN. I was disappointed not to > get multitasking to work as that was plan #1 to get several com ports > workign at the same time. James is talking of writing sortware to > amalgamate packets. He is rapt in the program PVDEMO we got from FDISK > page I think. Kali, I'm hoping you and James are documenting all this, so you can post it, somewhere, or email the prodecures used if any of us should ask...<g> ....gregy -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
