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

["Simon Biber" <simon@basilisk2.cjb.net>]

A plain serial cable, such as you would use to connect a modem to your PC,
connects Receive to Receive and Transmit to Transmit, so connecting it
between two computers won't work, as they will be both listening on the same
line, and both sending on the same line. What you need is called a
null-modem, which can be a little box you connect in line with your serial
cable, or it can be a new cable which replaces the old one. This one swaps
the lines over, so that Receive goes to Transmit and Transmit goes to
Receive. This way the data can be written by one serial port and read by the
other one.

There are one or two ZIP programs for the Apple, but you probably would find
it easier to transport them uncompressed. However if the programs use an
Apple II-based format like ShrinkIt then you should extract them on the
Apple. (Providing you have the ShrinkIt program.)

Simon.


"Marvin Miller" <marvinisnot@home.com> wrote in message
news:3a1f2121.1890414181@news...
> Hi;
>
>
> I got my SCSI card today and connected it up to my HD. I made a bunch
> of ProDos partitions and one big HFS one.
>
> I have a bunch of data on my PC that needs to go to the Apple. I
> really quickly looked at the FAQ, saw the words null modem and figured
> I had it beat as I have done this stuff before (by using HyperTerminal
> to null modem into my UPS stuff etc.)
>
> The thing is, I've now gone in and read the FAQ a little more and am
> now confused. Questions;
>
> 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?
>
> 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?
>
> Thanks Again - I'm almost there.....Honest!
>
> Marvin Miller