31 Aug
2012
31 Aug
'12
3 p.m.
On Fri, 31 Aug 2012, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 08/31/2012 02:55 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
How come I never have these sorts of problems? I routinely link RS232
ports together had have no problems. Even on the fitst time of connecting
2 machiens, it often 'just works'
That's what I was about to say. Sure, you have to set up a few
things...just like driving a car. You have to pull the lever, pull the
door, get in, close the door, insert the key, turn the key, release the
key at the same time, put it in gear, and drive. That's fewer steps
than I think I've ever taking getting something talking via RS232.
Even worse - in 17 years of using Windows, I've never had a problem that
wasn't self-inflicted. Not. One. Problem.
Then again, in the 20+ years of using Unix & Unix-like systems, the same
thing holds true. :)
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Both have RS232 ports, don't they? Surely you can
get text off them that
way?
As I said - an /easy/ way to move data. As I have said before, to your
bemusement or incredulity, I really detest RS232 and have done for
about 25 years now. All that fscking around with baud rates and
straight-through versus null-modem cables and so on was a massive
nightmare in the 1980s and it is worse now. I have not used a plain