Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!ucsd!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!ncr-sd!serene!rfarris From: rfarris@serene.UUCP (Rick Farris) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Remote control of PC via modem Message-ID: <190@serene.UUCP> Date: 6 Dec 88 00:11:05 GMT References: <4652@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <104@unibase.UUCP> Reply-To: rfarris@serene.cts.com (Rick Farris) Organization: Serenity Systems Lines: 23 In article <104@unibase.UUCP> root@unibase.UUCP (Super User) writes: >No communication software of any kind is required for this kind of >control. Assuming that you want to run standard software (ie: it calls >the standard MS-DOS calls for input and output), commands exist within >MS-DOS that will permit control to be passed to a communication port. > >The basis of the solution is the 'ctty' command, which shifts the command >input/output from the keyboard/screen to a com port. You must be joking. Obviously you've never tried this. In theory, it works fine, but in practice it's useless. For instance the first time you press the backspace key, you'll crash the computer. Get Real. Carbon Copy Plus, PC Anywhere, and Closeup, are all readily available programs that will allow complete computer control over the comm port, however. Everything works, including function keys, memory mapped video, cursor keys, etc. -- Rick Farris RF Engineering | rfarris@serene.cts.com | voice 619 259-6793 POB M | -* KCBIW *- | pub.access 259-7757 Del Mar, CA 92014 | ...!uunet!serene!rfarris | serene.UUCP 259-3704