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Null Modem Cable between DOS 6.22 machine and Windows 7 machine?

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First post, by Maxaxle

Posted on 2014-08-24, 06:04

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1. I've heard that Windows 7 doesn't even support null modem cables. Anyone want to contest that?
1.a. My Windows 7 machine's mobo has a serial port, plus I have a USB-to-serial adapter, incase you were wondering "does this noob even have a serial port?".
2. I am by no means an expert on DOS; can anyone introduce me to modem connections under DOS? Do I need a specific program to make a connection, or is it handled by a program included in DOS?

Reply 1 of 6, by smeezekitty

Posted on 2014-08-24, 06:52

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Windows 7 of course supports null modem cables but doesn't support networks over serial

Reply 2 of 6, by Maxaxle

Posted on 2014-08-24, 15:13

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smeezekitty wrote:
Windows 7 of course supports null modem cables but doesn't support networks over serial

Well alright, but how do I get Windows 7 to be the host computer?

Reply 3 of 6, by smeezekitty

Posted on 2014-08-24, 15:18

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Depends on what you want to do with it.
For just basic serial communications you can use something like putty.
The problem you are mentioning may well be windows 7 lack of support for networking and file transfer over serial rather than lack of support of the cable itself

Reply 4 of 6, by Maxaxle

Posted on 2014-08-24, 15:29

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smeezekitty wrote:
Depends on what you want to do with it.
For just basic serial communications you can use something like putty.
The problem you are mentioning may well be windows 7 lack of support for networking and file transfer over serial rather than lack of support of the cable itself

1. "Putty"?
2. Well the lack of support for serial communications is what I mean by "lack of support of the cable itself".

Reply 5 of 6, by mr_bigmouth_502

Posted on 2014-08-24, 20:50

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Maxaxle wrote:
smeezekitty wrote:
Depends on what you want to do with it.
For just basic serial communications you can use something like putty.
The problem you are mentioning may well be windows 7 lack of support for networking and file transfer over serial rather than lack of support of the cable itself

1. "Putty"?
2. Well the lack of support for serial communications is what I mean by "lack of support of the cable itself".

I think he meant "PuTTY", this program: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Reply 6 of 6, by Maxaxle

Posted on 2014-08-24, 22:09

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mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:

I think he meant "PuTTY", this program: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

That seems to help with the WIndows 7 end, thanks!...but now I'm not sure about what to do with the DOS machine.

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