On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 09:13:05AM -0300, hammer wrote:
> Steven - this touches the earlier thread on the "Cybercafe model":
>
> > If you are stuck with serial, you should have a look at TCP/IP. There's a
> > freeware packetdriver (SLIP) that installs on DOS machines. Then, all you
> > need are programs that use the packetdriver (such as NCSA Telnet, SOSS or
> > Arachne).
>
> Could you enlare a bit on that, especailly re connection
> modes(types of wires)/distances ?
With serial connections the length and sort of the wire is
much less important than in faster parallel connections.
I don't have the numbers off the top off my head, but I'll
look them up.
For serial connections you could use null modem cables to
connect COM ports, or regular telephone line to connect
modems.
Much faster though would be connecting printer ports
(cheap, easy to find) with laplink cables and running the
TCP/IP over the PLIP packet driver. Cable lengths are
rather limited though.
R.
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