On Saturday 24 June 2006 12:49 pm, Lord Sauron wrote: > I honestly am harbouring delusions of using the faster null modem > stuff to directly sync my laptop with a future Linux CVS/Web server, > so that I can have a update of the whole smash in my laptop once a > day, rather than waiting for a slow internet connection remotely. > It's just an idea I'm playing around with, and playing around is good > (99% of the time, anyways).
I used to setup linux-based embedded systems running agetty on the serial port. That allowed us to connect to the machine with just a null-modem cable (Windows client using hyperterm usually) and login directly if the network went screwy. The thing I remember most about the whole process was that running over a serial connection was slow as molasses. You need to set a baud rate on the line (the server and client must agree on the rate) and you basically get dial-up speeds. If there is a way to coax 2Mb/s out of the thing I never found it. If you are looking for a linux client, look for a program called kermit. It's been at least 5 years since I last used it, but I believe that is what we used to use. Josh
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