| From: | Jay |
| Date: | 21 May 2000 at 00:50:10 |
| Subject: | Re: NullModem Crashes Miami |
I'll admit I don't know a lot about networking Amigas, but as far as I know
a "nullmodem" refers to a particular type of serial cable or adapter
designed to allow two computers to exchange information over a serial
connection. I can provide a pinout diagram to anyone interested. It does
not involve a normal modem or phone cable. However, your question implies
there may be a better way to connect my Amiga to the Win98 machine. I've
heard of networks based off of the Amiga's disk drive port or Ethernet cards
of various sorts, but I don't have any of those. Besides the serial port
can communicate much faster than the internal modem on the Win98 machine, so
I really don't need anything else.
In fact I'm very happy with my connection between the Win98 machine and the
Amiga. What I would like to do is make my PPP connection with my Win98
machine and then allow my Amiga4000 to browse the internet via a serial link
to the Win98 machine (i.e. nullmodem). I believe the Amiga web site
mentions this as a capability of the software.
Has anyone had success with the nullmodem function(s) of Miami?
>
>On 19-May-00, Jay wrote:
>J> I'm trying to run Miami over the serial port via a null modem into a
>J> Windows98 Machine. I know the nullmodem cable is fine since it runs
Amiga
>J> Explorer. When I set Miami up to use the null modem, it crashes my
>J> Amiga4000. Miami runs fine over my 14.4 external modem, but I'd rather
>J> run it over the null modem into a PC with an internal 56k modem.
>
>Why are you using a modem (only one?) when your message seems to indicate
you are trying to connect two machines which are close together?
>
>J> Any suggestions? Better yet, has anyone else made the nullmodem
>J> function on Miami work with a PC?
>
>J> Additional Info:
>J> Regular old PPP connection.
>J> Amiga Explorer is a program that allows one to transfer files from a PC
to
>J> an Amiga via a null modem.
>J> I'm using an A4000 with no other special hardware.
>J> The null modem is a full null modem with handshake (as recommended in
the
>J> Amiga Explorer docs).
Sorry for the second post, thought the clarifications might be helpful.
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