Re: Help Transporter _modem_

[mnementh@netcom.com (David R. Villegas)]

dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
>Windows 3.1 requires a 286.  I think Windows 3.0 or earlier will work
>in "real" mode on the PCT, in 320x200x4 CGA.  Not a pretty sight.  :-)
>
>Of course, it only has 640k RAM available, which means you can't run
>much.  Most current Windows programs require 3.1 and/or "standard"
>mode, which requires a 286 or better.  Other programs require "386
>enhanced" mode, which requires a 386 or better.

Is it possible to trick the PCT into using the Apple's RAM as well?
I suppose /RAM could be formatted and a program could add virtual
memory to the system.

>> Mr. Creager.  It seems to me that a versed IIGS programer could
>> overcome it with a better interface program between the Apple side
>> and the PC side. 
>
>Ha!  That would require a lot of work trying to find out exactly how
>the PC Transporter works.  I've delved into some parts of
>AEPC.SYSTEM, and know enough to understand how the TRANSFER program
>works (I could write a better one, but I rarely need to use it, because
>I mostly read files from MS-DOS disks, and I have a SuperDrive and
>System 6.0.1, with the MS-DOS FST).

Now that AE's out of business, how would we go about contacting the
ex-AE folk and obtain programmers' info or even the source code for
the PCT software?