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From: stew_@_sep.stanford.edu
Newsgroups: alt.comp.sys.palmtops.hp,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Solaris<->HP100LX serial file transfer?
Date: 8 Jul 1998 19:52:06 GMT
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On the Sun side, you may have to open the box and switch a jumper
to make the serial port RS232 rather than RS432. I had to do this
to connect a Dell PC to a Sparc IPC (over a null-modem cable).
- Stew
>What operating system is running on the HP-100LX, and what communications
>software are you using on it? If it is DOS, you can use MS-DOS Kermit and
>a null modem cable, and then assuming you have a getty on the Sun serial
>port, you should be able to log in on the Sun and transfer files between
>C-Kermit and MS-DOS Kermit in the normal manner.
>
>You can also go in the other direction, using C-Kermit to "set line" to
>your spare serial port, where MS-DOS Kermit is waiting in server on the
>other end of the wire.
>
>Obviously, the serial speeds on each end must match, and for best results
>you should also "set flow rts/cts" on both ends (this requires RTS and CTS
>wires in the cable, crossed over).
>
>- Frank