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Looking for open source replacement of INTERLNK and INTERSVR (Developers)

posted by bocke, 19.07.2023, 10:45

ppcopy - utility for sending files from Linux to DOS via parallel laplink cable
https://github.com/dmeybohm/ppcopy

You might be able to connect your *nix machine (*BSD, Linux, etc) to DOS via SLIP or PLIP using serial/paralel null-modem/laplink cables.

I haven't found any info on the web on anyone using PLIP in recent years, but SLIP seems to work fine:
https://mcmackins.org/stories/dos-slip.html
https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/serial-port-linux-and-dos.28578/

This is the DOS part of SLIP story:
https://github.com/retrohun/mTCP/blob/master/USERDOCS/slip.txt

If your main machine is Windows, if it's 10 or 11, you might be able to use WSL instead of Linux with the help of com0com null modem emulator.

Complete thread:

• Looking for open source replacement of INTERLNK and INTERSVR - Ruud, 29.06.2023, 12:00 (Developers)
  • Looking for open source replacement of INTERLNK and INTERSVR - dggionco, 29.06.2023, 12:27
    • Looking for open source replacement of INTERLNK and INTERSVR - Ruud, 29.06.2023, 16:41
    • Looking for open source replacement of INTERLNK and INTERSVR - Oso2k, 29.06.2023, 21:54
    • Looking for open source replacement of INTERLNK and INTERSVR - dggionco, 02.08.2023, 14:42
  • Looking for open source replacement of INTERLNK and INTERSVR - mceric, 29.06.2023, 21:59
    • Looking for open source replacement of INTERLNK and INTERSVR - Ruud, 30.06.2023, 12:21
  • Looking for open source replacement of INTERLNK and INTERSVR - bocke, 19.07.2023, 10:45
    • Looking for open source replacement of INTERLNK and INTERSVR - bocke, 19.07.2023, 23:51
      • Looking for open source replacement of INTERLNK and INTERSVR - bocke, 02.08.2023, 10:11