Dave, I hadn't thought of your modem idea. Sounds like it could work.
My only suggestion on your COM port idea is to make the second COM port into
COM2 and the modem into COM3 or COM4 to keep from having conflicting
interrupts betwen COM1 and COM2
Bob, N1EDM
David Robbins wrote:
> well, you could hook up modem to modem and force one to send
> and the other to answer. you used to be able to do this with
> old external modems, i haven't tried it with internal ones
> yet.
>
> if both computers have pcmcia slots you could get two more
> com port cards and use them as com3 to network with. or you
> could get two ethernet cards and use my ethernet tsr to network
> with.
>
> ken l. knopp wrote:
> >
> > Hi and thanks for reading this, name here is Ken,k7zum, in gres"HAM"
> > Ore. i know this can be done, but have never done it myself, so would
> > really like as much help on this subject as i can get. i would like to
> > network two laptops and two radios together for a multi-single all band
> > effort this upcoming c.q.w.w. phone as FS/K7ZUM, the problem is how the
> > heck do you do it with laptops that have only available com 1,lpt 1, and
> > com 2 being a built in modem ??????? can anyone give me a hand on this
> > ????? thanks in advance and see ya in the pileups !!! --... ...--
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