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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
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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
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