[WinMac] Mac & PC can coexist (via modem)
Donna Pointer(dpointer[at]orchard.washtenaw.cc.mi.us)
Thu, 17 Sep 1998 12:46:32 -0400
I sent the info posted recently on this mailing list about connecting PCs
to Macs via a modem to the ClassicMacsDigest and the moderator and another
poster replied with the following caveats, which suggest that it would be
better to type ATX1 or ATX3 (check your modem manual), rather than ATD on
the sending computer on the modem-to-modem procedure (see snip below):
>Subject: Re: connecting mac to PC or mac to mac
>
>>Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 23:10:50 -0400
>>From: Donna Pointer <dpointer@orchard.washtenaw.cc.mi.us>
>[snip]
>>[MODERATOR:] Let me add that some modems complain if they don't detect
>>a dial tone. To solve this, type ATX1 <RETURN> on the dialing computer -
>>this will prevent it from looking for the dialtone.
>>
>>[END MODERATOR]
>
>This varies from modem to modem; X3 (rather than X1) seems best on my
>Global Village 33.6 modem.
>
>Rowland.
Here are excerpts from this original discussion so you can relate this to
this whole procedure:
>>Subject: Mac & PC can coexist
>>From: Daly Jessup <jessup@san.rr.com>
>>Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 21:31:58 -0700
[snip]
>>Frank McVeigh asked:
>>><I have and Mac and PC side by side and want to connect them using
>>>personal file sharing. I have heard of Mac Lan software. Is that the
[snip]>
>>You could set up the computers with connections through their modem ports.
>>I have seen this described recently and in fact I see now that I kept a
>>copy of the procedure. This one was aimed at connecting two Macs, but I
>>cannot see why it wouldn't work for any two computers.
[snip]
>>Yes, you can connect two modems with a phone cable and transfer data,
>>however, Ethernet is a
>>much better way to transfer data if your older Macintosh is Ethernet
>>capable. In testing, we were
>>able to perform data transfer between an iMac and Power Macintosh G3
>>desktop computer using
>>ClarisWorks 5.0. You can use other terminal applications like ZTerm. We
>>also used StuffIt to
>>create one single file for simplicity when sending. You can find the steps
>>we followed below:
>>
>> 1) Connect both modems with a standard phone cable.
>> 2) For both computers, we set our Connections Settings for:
>> Baud Rate: 57600
>> Parity: None
>> Data Bits: 8
>> Stop Bits: 1
>> Handshake DTR & CTS
>> 3) For both computers we left the default File Transfer Settings at:
>> Protocol: XMODEM Tool
>> Method: MacBinary
>> Transfer Options: Standard
>> 4) Select Open connection from the Session menu (this will let you
>>type modem AT commands
>> 5) On the sending computer, type: "ATD"
>>
>> 6) On the receiving computer type: "ATA"
>> 7) The modems should begin to negotiate and give you a connection
>>speed.
>> 8) Once the modems are connected, select Send File from the Session
>>menu on the sending
>> computer.
>> 9) Select the documents StuffIt archive file and hit the send button
>> 10) On the receiving computer, select Receive File from the Session
>>menu
>> 11) The computers should start to send and receive the file via XMODEM
>>________________________________
>>Hope something in here proves useful.
>>
>>Daly
>>
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