Re: Help? //gs -> DOS machine file tran...how?

[spqr@ruth.uucp (Will Baguhn)]

raymac@crl.com (Raymond D. McAnally) writes:

| Kevin S. Green (kgreen@ionet.net) wrote:
| : Could anyone give me some pointers on how to transfer some files from
| : my Apple //gs to a DOS machine (blech) I've brought home from work?
| 
| : The preferred method, because of how many, would be a direct connection
| : between the two machines. I just don't know how to accomplish it.
| 
| I do it all the time. Set ProComm to auto answer (ATA). Have both machines 
| hooked to the same phone line. Set the GS term program to dial out the 
| number 1. This gets you a dial tone as needed for the modems to continue. 
| Hit return at the same time on both machines. The GS will pick up and 
| dial 1 and wait for a connection. The PC will pick and try to connect. As 
| soon as you hear the change in tone, disconnect from the wall connection 
| while still having the 2 computers hooked together. I do this wth a "Y" 
| connector available at Radio Shack as well as at other stores.
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|      MAC				        	raymac@crl.com
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actually....

i've managed to get two computers hooked up without any need for the 
dial tone from the phone.  just plug the two modems together, ATA on 
one, and ATD on the other.

the TRICK is that you have to turn off any "smart" features that look 
for a dial tone, or do the ATD from a modem that doesn't check very 
hard for a dial tone.

you'd be surprised... my apple's modem (intel 14.4/14.4e) is a lot more 
picky than my notebook's modem (AST something or other internal, 24/96 
with MNP5).


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