Re: HELP ! (serial direct connect)
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- Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:12:06 +0100
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Bill Kotsias <fantasia1954@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ARGH!
>
> I spent many many many hours trying to connect my RiscPC to a PC Win2k,
> but to NO LUCK. Zerilink failed gloriously, and so does the serial
> connection I am currently trying.
zerilink aonly works with win98 I believe.
[snip]
> The PC shows a "Dialing..." window but never gets beyond that point,
> simply giving the error message "...the modem on the remote computer
> is out of order". The RiscPC/Win95 only complains because no-one is
> trying to connect to it ("...is the guest computer working?")
>
> Changing the roles of Guest/Host doesn't work either.
>
> Funnily, if I set both computers to Guest and dial, the PC displays
> "Dialing..." then "Verifying username/password..." but obviously
> doesn't get any further.
I think you should be using some comms software not dialup networking
there is a program in Windows for this which is called Hyperterminal I
think.
[snip]
> Many thanks for your time,
>
> Bill
John
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John Sandford West Herts UK
Hemel Hempstead RISC OS User Group email info @ hhrug.org
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