You're not related in any way to a person called T. Pratched[1]
If you were, you could use the Semaphore network ;-)
Rik
[1]Pratched, founder of the so called discworld and it's inhebitants
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: Interconnecting classic computers
In article <m1JtUq2-000IygC at p850ug1>,
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) writes:
To be
honest, I would just get a cheap x86 laptop with a USB port and
use a USB<->RS232 dongle.
How is this an improvement on using one of my many portable machines
with
built-in serial ports (and indeed terminal emulators/kermit in ROM)?
Then I don't understand; it sounds like you already have a solution.
No, I haev a workaround. It's not a direct connection between the 2
machines, it's a sort of sneakernet[1] where I have to plug the palmtop
into one of the mahcines, transfer the file to it, then carry it to the
other machine nad transfer the file across to that machine.
I was asking if anyone had suggestions for a direct connection method,
mainly for those times ehen I want to do something other than transfer a
file.
[1] A term that I find doubly inapproptiate. Firstly the term 'sneaker'
is not used in the UK, that form of footwear are normally called
'trainers'. Secondly I don't own any such footwear...
-tony