Hello Anthony - ---------- [...] > >Isn't there a more straightforward way to use the (serial, parallel) > >hardware ports to shovel those bytes from one HD to the other ? > > Well, one suggestion that I would have would be to set up a program > like "kermit" on both sides, and use its file-transfer abilities to > move the files across the serial port and a null-modem cable. Probably > not as fast as PPP, but if the machines are close together, should be > fairly easy to implement, switching back and forth between the > consoles. This is how I've done it with DOS, many times.
I'm guessing from your signature you work at a University? Seems Kermit is a hard sell otherwise but academia is well aware of it's usefulness, or so it seems. Good to know there are other fans of DOS MSKermit out there. Charles.Angelich DOS the Ghost in the Machine! Family And Friends wepages - Multimedia orginal stories with animation and sound, poetry, music, and photography: http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/faf Tech pages for DOS and W31 at: http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
