Re: Making an Apple IIe and an IBM talk

[Jemather <Jemather@concentric.net>]

Christopher D. Heer wrote:
> 
> It was Tue, 4 Mar 1997 12:48:28 -0600.  I was reading instead of working.  And
> Doug Browning  <vgt507@freenet.mb.ca> said:
> 
> >I don't think it can be done. The micromodem is an internal modem and has
> >no provisions to connect to a serial port. Best to get a SSB and a null
> >modem cable to make the link from the Apple to the PC machine.
> 
> >On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Jemather wrote:
> 
> >> Hello, and i'm doing a sci project where i have to take AppleSoft BASIC
> >> program and convert it to QbASIC or Vis BASIC Also i have a Hayes
> >> Micromodem IIe and if anyone out there know anyway to make it work like
> >> a null-modem  please help !!!
> 
> If you've got a modem on the PC, you can just string a phone cord between the
> two.  Mind you, it *will* be at 300 baud.  Eugh.
> 
> Um. . . converting Applesoft to Qbasic/Vbasic is likely to be painful, unless
> the Applesoft program in question doesn't do much that's interesting.  :)
> They're quite different, and BASIC isn't exactly a portable language, anyway.
> 
> You can't, as Doug points out, use a null modem cable unless the Apple has a
> serial card.
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Got an SSB but still don't know how to do null modem stuff