Re: My IIgs <--> My PC

[The Blue Meanie <bluemeanie@quality.net>]

Tim Foley wrote:
> In article <01bbd0eb$c4e8be60$9631f7a5@indirect.indirect.com>,
> colol@mail.hvs.com says...
<<<<SNIP>>>>
> >Anyway, I need a simple way to transfer files from my PC to my IIgs.  The
> >files in question are all Apple II files, so it's not a matter of
> >converting them -- I just need a way to get them over there.  Disks won't
> >work.
> 
> Just use a Null Modem Cable ( or a normal serial cable with a Null Modem
> adapter), then use good ol' Proterm (with Zmodem) and anything you want on the
> PC side (Telix/Procomm/Hyperterminal...ugh) and crank the baud rate up to 38400
> or so and have a blast.
> 

I've been successfully transferring from my IIgs to my PC at 57600, and I'm not sure why I shouldn't be
able to use 115,200 except for the fact that the comm software on the IIgs doesn't go that high!  Never has
D/L'ing software on an Apple II been so fast...  How I wish I'd had 57,600 in 1982!!

> >I have heard of simply plugging a phone cord into the LINE jack of both
> >modems and then having them fake a connection, but don't know quite how.
> >Has anyone out there solved this problem?
> 
> Can't be done that simply, you would need a phone line simulator to do that,
> its much easier/cheaper to just use a Null modem (all that entails is a serial
> cable with a couple of pins crossed, tx to rx etc.)
> 

Actually, modem-to-modem IS that simple, no simulators or wacky hardware necessary!  (It's also cheaper and
easier than null modeming as long as you already have the two modems!)  Connect a phone line from Line jack
to Line jack.  Set one modem to "blind dial" (no check for dialtone or busy, usually an "ATX1" command
works) and issue an "atd" command.  On the other modem, issue an "ata" command.  POOF!! Instant connection.
Just remember that this style of connection will be slower than a null-modem serial connection.