Re: file transfer: Mac PowerBook <-> IIc+

[Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com>]

In article <cklipsch-3EB4F2.00112126052005@corp.supernews.com>,
 Colin Klipsch <cklipsch@radix.net> wrote:

> With this hardware and software, I didn't think I needed a null modem 
> connector or any other utilities.  I simply connected the two modems 
> with a standrad telephone cable -- the kind that normally connects a 
> phone or modem to the wall -- and tried transferring files via the 
> ZModem protocol, using Z-Term and ProTerm on each side.
> 
> So far this isn't working though, and after having tried every bit of 
> tinkering I can think of, with a heavy heart I've concluded that I must 
> be doing something royally dumb.  That's where you people come in.
> 
> Can someone give me a nudge?  I've looked on the Web for a description 
> of a similar arrangement, but haven't yet found anything helpful.  (No 
> one talks about direct modem-to-modem file transfers.)

I have done something similar to this, a long time ago in a galaxy far, 
far away (OK, it's a 5 hour drive...).  Transferred files between my GS 
in my room and my brother's GS in his room.  (Hypercard stack that I 
downloaded from a BBS that was too large to fit on a floppy.)

I used Spectrum on my GS and my brother had ProTerm.  I remember on 
ProTerm it was just a matter of setting up the 'unattended' mode.  Then 
on my GS I set it up to ignore the fact that it couldn't detect a 
carrier signal, typed ATD, went up to my brother's GS, hit return for 
the answer button that was up and was able to go back down to my GS and 
run a ProTerm unattended session from there and transfer files back and 
forth.  Was careful about how I routed the phone line and got a good 
solid 33,600 transfer rate between the two GSes.

It's been far too long to remember the specific AT commands I used, but 
with a list that your modem supports, I could probably figure it out.

Greg B.

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