10 Dec
2003
10 Dec
'03
12:27 p.m.
Nice. Are they the newer "PE-3" models? If
so, you can use a parasitic
power cable that taps into the keyboard jack. AFAIK, the PE-2 will draw
too much current for some boards to supply.
I have a Zenith laptop (with the blue/grey screen and the double pop-up
720K 3.5" floppies) attached to my PE-3. I use a packet driver and Kermit.
Mostly, this thing gets used as portable terminal, but on all of my 8-bit
DOS hardware (including my old device burner box), Kermit for DOS has a TCP
stack, and lets me move files and establish terminal sessions.
Hmm. I'll have to see if the Mac version can act as a server so I can
connect from one to the other (I'm stuck on a PC at work a/t/m).
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The
laptop is DOS only -- does it work in DOS mode? Does it come with
TCP/IP support?
IIRC, if you've got the right software these should work under DOS, they're
definitly of the correct era. The problem is coming up with a copy of
something like PC/TCP.