A serial cable is all you need, with the right connection... One of the two must be a DTE and the other DCE. Best thing is to use Ser2 on QL with normal QL serial cable, (if you have one for a printer for instance).
Then setting same baud rate and parity on both machines. copy_n (or just copy) is then your best friend, or you can write a basic program to transfer line by line a text file. just like QL: 10 open_in#3,ser2_ 15 open_new#4,mdv1_myfile 20 repeat loop 30 input#3,a$ 40 print#4,a$ 50 end repeat loop Q40: 10 open#3,ser1_ 20 open_in#4,win1_myfile 30 repeat loop 40 if (eof(#4)): exit loop 50 input#4,a$ 60 print#3,a$ 70 end repeat loop For test purpose, it is better to replace the file with #1... Only thing: to stop the reception on the QL, you have to use ctrl-c. Copy_n works better with binary files, but is difficult for test purpose..
