Re: NULL modem projects (was Re: Datalinker 1200, etc.)

[cheer@i.hate.spam (Christopher D. Heer)]

It was 6 Mar 1997 23:22:41 -0500.  I was reading instead of working.  And John 
Ruschmeyer <jruschme@hiway1.exit109.com> said:

>In article <331F2A4E.7654@swbell.net>,  <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

>>Michael Katz-Hyman writes ...

>>> Can I make a null modem out of a Datalinker 1200 ....

>>     Sure; but, then, you can make a NULL modem out of a bread 
>>box, too.

>>     A NULL modem is "no modem". It is typically used for 
>>directly connecting two terminals or computers via serial I/O.

>I guess the real question which needs to be asked is one of the following:

>1) How can one connect two modems together without an intervening TELCO?

A phone cord'll do the trick.  Also, if either of the modems are smart enough 
to look for dial tone, you'll have to disable that.  ATX0 will work on any 
Hayes-compatible modem.  Tell one modem to answer (ATA) and the other to either 
originate (ATO) or just make it dial a 1-digit number.
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