Re: Modem to Modem again

From: John Culleton (john_at_wexfordpress.com)
Date: 07/31/03 

Date: 30 Jul 2003 16:42:34 -0700

john@wexfordpress.com (John Culleton) wrote in message news:<e5acd666.0306300354.20b13e20@posting.google.com>...
> Floyd Davidson <floyd@barrow.com> wrote in message news:<877k74qjar.fld@barrow.com>...
> > "Florian St." <XXmas@gmx.at> wrote:
> > >"John Culleton" <john@wexfordpress.com> wrote
> > >> I have an elderly Packard Bell I just inherited.
> > >>
Now I have the two machines connected physically modem to modem via
the usual telephone modular cord. I have Linux of sorts running on
both machines. I have minicom on both machines and I can access the
AT settings of the modem on each machine via minicom.

Now how do I convince the main machine to send a login prompt to the
slave machine and the slave machine to recognize and answer it?

What should I set each modem to be (e.g., ATH1 meaning off hook)

In short how do I get this physical connection to become an electrical
connection and then a software connection?

I have already explained why a NIC connection is not likely to happen
because the slave machine is an elderly Packard Bell. It has a midi
port but no visible serial port :=) Any available slots are almost
certainly ISA. Hence the modem to modem lashup.

All responses appreciated.

John Culleton

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