Re: HP-200LX <-> Sparcstation

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: http://www.ociw.edu/~clardy (Ken Clardy)
 > Date: Thu  Feb 20,  4:29pm
 >
 > You wrote in the http://www.palmtop.net/~hplx forum:
 > 
 > > P.S. Is anyone out there hooking up their palmtop to a SPARCstation?  I'm
 > >      having other probs...
 > 
 > I use my 200LX with my SparcStation 5 "all the time" - the 200LX acts
 > as a terminal with the datacomm bulit-in app., and connects at 38400
 > baud (with even parity and 7 bits) to the SparcStation serial port.
 > 
 > You do have to be careful to use the correct adaptors to get the comm.
 > right, but once done it works reliably.  I use kermit to transfer files,
 > the 200LX can be configured to operate in kermit protocol, and I have
 > kermit working on the SparcStation.  Remember "set file type binary"
 > in kermit when using binary files.
 > 
 > Ken Clardy				
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Yeah, I got this working, thanks.  I guess when you use the wrong adaptors,
it temporarily screws up the palmtop.  After CTL-ALT-DEL-ing several times, I
got it to work.  (I love DOS, really I do...)

Thanks for your response.