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From: mfryba@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Martin Francis Ryba)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Remote control of PC via modem
Keywords: I hope I cancelled the first attempt properly....
Message-ID: <4652@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 30 Nov 88 20:26:14 GMT
Reply-To: mfryba@phoenix.Princeton.EDU ()
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Organization: Princeton Univ. Computing and Information Technology
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I have a problem, and am getting a little exasperated by now....

I want to remotely control a AT via the modem port.  I don't want the
graphics (just tty), so I can do this from any machine.  I've looked at
various communications programs (mskermit,BitCom, etc..) and have yet to
find one that will do.  "Answering capability" is a joke with most of
them, since they all require someone at the keyboard still.  I mean
REMOTE control: this thing is going to be operating a telescope 500
miles from the lab.  I don't relish the idea of writing a device driver
from scratch.  What do people who run BBS's do?  I have MKS Toolkit and
all languages of import, so a variety of methods are open once I figure
out how to address the COM port to control the modem (Hayes-compatible).

I currently get a write error if I simply write stuff to COM.

Thanks in advance for help on this.

Marty Ryba (slave physics grad student)
They don't care if I exist, let alone care about my opinions!