How fast is PC-PC null modem connection?

Your 286 will be unable to keep up with even the modest 11 Kb/s speed of a
full-bore serial port. You might try a network connection instead.

# __ __ Eric Ewanco
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On 11 May 1998 21:33:16 GMT, Tomoyuki Tanaka put finger to keyboard
and composed:

I use Diskedit (Norton Utilities).

- Franc Zabkar

You use DEBUG (part of ms-dos) or a sector editor.

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i messed around with "procomm.dir" a bit and it looks like i'll
be be able to do it.

how do you edit a binary file like that in DOS?

i don't know an easy way to do this even in Unix.
(i'd prob. use sed or tr.)

That's because PROCOMM.DIR is really a binary file and if you use any
editor to _add_ characters in the middle of the file, the directory
won't load properly. It's been so long since I used Procomm
(although I still have an original registered DOS version on the 360K
floppy from Datastorm) that I can't tell you whether anyone ever
patched it successfully to handle high-speed modems with 38400 or
higher port rates.

I do know that the original Procomm did _not_ have support for the
16550 UART, which could be another and more important limitation for
you. Look for COMMO, a shareware comm program. It will run on any
DOS-based system you're likely to have, even from a 360K floppy. It
can handle high-speed modems just fine including properly supporting
high-speed ports (16550 UART and above) and rates that are much
higher than 115,200 bps.

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