Re: A bit Lost on Null Modem Xfer's and .ZIP files !

[marvinisnot@home.com (Marvin Miller)]

Sounds like sage advice (unzipping on the PC). Also, I managed to get
a cable for the link. It's a standard modem plug on the //gs side
terminating into a normal serial port. I can than use a standard PC
cross over cable connected to it. I got confused with the diagrams in
the FAQ, they showed two modem cables and an intermidary device. The
crossovers I am familiar with is just a standard cable with certain
wires crossed.

Thanks for all the help people!

Best;
Marvin


On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 20:17:38 -0000,
salfter@salfter.ncc74656.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter) wrote:

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>In article <3a1f2121.1890414181@news>,
>Marvin Miller <marvinmiller@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>Can't you just connect the PC & Apple together using a single serial
>>cable? From the FAW it looks like you need some sort of itermediary
>>device called a 'null modem' cable! I thought the serial cable was a
>>null modem connction?
>
>Maybe, maybe not.  Serial cables can be wired straight-through (to connect a
>modem to a computer) or in a null-modem configuration (to connect a printer
>to a computer or to connect two computers together).  A null-modem adapter
>flips between these two configurations.  If you have a Super Serial Card,
>the jumper block on the card can be set to straight-through ("terminal") or
>null-modem ("printer") configuration.
>
>Try the cables you have and see if they work.  If they do, great.  If not,
>add a null modem somewhere and it should then work.
>
>>Also, the PC has tons of zipped Apple files. Can these be unzipped on
>>the Apple (is there software for it?) or is it ness to unzip them
>>first before x-fer?
>
>There is software to deal with .ZIP archives on the II, of both 8-bit and
>GS-only varieties (with more choices in the latter).  The one thing I'm not
>sure about is if any II-based unzippers handle the different compression
>that was introduced in PKZIP 2.04g in 1993 or whenever (or maybe in a
>slightly older version, but 2.04g was the mainstay for many years).
>
>Another consideration is that there's a chance the whole process will go
>faster if you unzip and then send, as the unzip process will be fairly slow
>on the II and often can't be automated (given that most unzip
>implementations for the II are either menu-driven or GUI and therefore not
>automatable), unless somebody ported Info-Zip's utilities to GNO.
>
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