Message-Id:	<199804020059.TAA14406@smtp.cisnet.com>
From:	"Glenn W. McCorkle" <glennmcc AT cisnet DOT com>
Organization:	Arachne Fan Club
Date:	Wed, 01 Apr 1998 19:32:17 -0500
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Port Forwarding

On Wed, 1 Apr 1998 08:19:03 -0800, Braden, Flash wrote:

> Not with a null modem cable, but with modular phone cable, yes.  The
> hardest part is inducing the ring on the answering modem.  Probably not
> worth your time.

> Much faster and more reliable to go serial-to-serial.  If you have an
> internal modem and a mouse on the same box, you are now out of interrupt
> addresses.  You need your modem to be external so you can put your
> serial line on a switch.

 Or keep the internal modem, and put the mouse on a serial switch.
Better yet, forget the serial ports all-together. I used to do file
transfers between my two machines via the serial ports.(10k/sec).
I now use a laplink cable to connect the printer ports together.
(this increased me to 78k/sec.)

> -Flash->
>> ----------
>> From: 	Daniel de Haan[SMTP:Zeron AT Mindless DOT com]
>> Sent: 	Tuesday, March 31, 1998 5:42 PM
>> To: 	OpenDos Mailing Lixt
>> Subject: 	Port Forwarding

>> Howdy,
>>    I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to make a modem that is in
>> one computer usable on another computer using a null modem cable?

>> -Dan

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