Re: Help with Marinetti

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <67kdqd$7kf$1@ionews.ionet.net>,
Colin Mattson <colol@mail.hvs.com> wrote:
>I've got a 28.8 modem in my PC on internal COM1, and have an external COM1
>and COM2 on the back of the PC (duh).

>The Marinetti site and FAQ say it's possible to connect your GS to your PC
>using a serial cable... how would I go about doing this?  I really don't
>want to browse the web with my QMODEM 2400 ;o)

   If you're going to connect anything via SLIP/PPP to another
machine, you need to be expecting the same protocol on both ends.
Thus, you're going to need to run a SLIP server on the PC for
Marinetti to work. If you have a clue and are running a unix variant
on the PC (linux, *bsd*, solaris, etc), just run either SLiRP or
slattach to do that.

   But, as you think the ports are 'COM*', you're probably running
MS-DOG or Windoze-- for those, you'll need to hunt around for the
server stuff.  WinNT probably has the server code as a more 'standard'
part; for DOS or Win95, you might have to do some hunting around for
3rd party solutions. 

Nathan Mates
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