xfer

[ryanx at indy.rr.com]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 05:54:08AM -0700, Roger Anderson said:

> Receiving box, Win XP
> 
> Serial connection, Xfer 5.0 on both machines, using com1 on both machines.
> Com2 has terminal emulator.
> 
> Following what little instructions that I have, the results are,
> 
> Sco says " waiting software instructions"
> 
> Xp just goes blank

You won't have any luck with XP nor ME. At some point Microsoft
changed the method on how com ports are accessed. Formerly they were
accessed directly, which is what xfer was written for. Now with XP et
al the com ports are accessed through windows classes and direct access 
is not allowed. Thus xfer will not work in serial mode on those
platforms.

If you can find a Windows 95 machine or even DOS, that should work
fine. If not, and assuming this machine does not have networking
ability, you're limited to hard media.

-- 
Ryan
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