Hi guys! Long time no post, but I'm still a Puppy user
I have a problem with one of my old machines. It's a 486DX laptop with 4MB RAM and a 200MB HDD, but no FDD or CD drive. It runs Win95. I'm trying to set up serial communication between it and another machine running Puppy from USB (4.2 I think).
With these instructions (but with ttyS1 changed to ttyS0), I never get a login prompt when the terminal is displayed.
With these instructions (again, ttyS1 changed to ttyS0), Win95 just ends the connection immediately, not giving error messages.
Does anyone know of a solution or an alternate method of file transfer? The only one I have available now is disassembling the 486 and attaching the HDD to the other laptop. Is it my fault or Puppy's fault?
Serial file transfer to Win95 machine
Thanks for the suggestion! I didn't know Dosbox could handle serial ports. But I'm still looking for a method that doesn't involve disassembling it, if somebody here knows one...
EDIT: Could C-Kermit work?
EDIT2: Finally got it! A small change to /etc/inittab and it works! The line is "ttyS0::respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS0 115200". I got a login prompt after a 60s timeout (weird). I'll try using rz/sz for file transfer later (HyperTerminal supports Zmodem).
EDIT: Could C-Kermit work?
EDIT2: Finally got it! A small change to /etc/inittab and it works! The line is "ttyS0::respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS0 115200". I got a login prompt after a 60s timeout (weird). I'll try using rz/sz for file transfer later (HyperTerminal supports Zmodem).
Does Teamviewer work in 95.
http://support.teamviewer.com/index.php ... 8&nav=0,13
No.
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Ok! if you could boot Falcons Mini cd
and run Teamviewer portable on the 486??
47 megs.
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5373232 ... _Kon-Boot_
For mobile use: TeamViewer Portable
http://www.teamviewer.com/download/index.aspx
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Puppy 5 runs TeamViewer no problem.
Teamviewer pet goes in the the Internet part of menu.
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-e3aa28b8.html
In Puppy 4.31 >>you have to search for it.
" Update Mr T.
Your update works from the menu as stated in Lucid Pup.
Can't find Wine.
Go to >>> /usr/bin >>> see teamviewer >>> click on >>>
it works...>>>> drag to desktop>>>click>>>it works. "
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 8&start=15
Chris.
http://support.teamviewer.com/index.php ... 8&nav=0,13
No.
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Ok! if you could boot Falcons Mini cd
and run Teamviewer portable on the 486??
47 megs.
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5373232 ... _Kon-Boot_
For mobile use: TeamViewer Portable
http://www.teamviewer.com/download/index.aspx
::::::::
Puppy 5 runs TeamViewer no problem.
Teamviewer pet goes in the the Internet part of menu.
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-e3aa28b8.html
In Puppy 4.31 >>you have to search for it.
" Update Mr T.
Your update works from the menu as stated in Lucid Pup.
Can't find Wine.
Go to >>> /usr/bin >>> see teamviewer >>> click on >>>
it works...>>>> drag to desktop>>>click>>>it works. "
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 8&start=15
Chris.
cthisbear: The 486 doesn't have a CD drive. And I doubt Falcon's Mini CD would run with 4 MB of RAM.
The only problem I have now is that binary Zmodem file transfer locks up the 486 and I have to reboot it (says something about bad packets). I'll try to compile C-Kermit or G-Kermit, it's more reliable AFAIK.
EDIT: C-Kermit compilation fails withThe file seems to be "ckuus4.o". Am I missing something? I started compilation with "make linux".
G-Kermit also fails on compiling "gkermit.c" (lots of errors, filled rxvt's buffer with them). Any ideas?
The only problem I have now is that binary Zmodem file transfer locks up the 486 and I have to reboot it (says something about bad packets). I'll try to compile C-Kermit or G-Kermit, it's more reliable AFAIK.
EDIT: C-Kermit compilation fails with
Code: Select all
{standard input}:16467: Error: Unknown pseudo-op: `.'
gcc: Internal error: Killed (program cc1)
G-Kermit also fails on compiling "gkermit.c" (lots of errors, filled rxvt's buffer with them). Any ideas?
andym3:
Apologies>> I missed that >> 4MB RAM
Cripes >> and that >> no FDD or CD drive.
Maybe I need to compile a Dementia Pup.
Maybe 01micko could suggest something.
But I doubt that it would be Puppy.
http://users.tpg.com.au/01micko/
Not even pUPnGO -
6Mb ISO - Basic Building Block Puplet
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=51478
Chris.
Apologies>> I missed that >> 4MB RAM
Cripes >> and that >> no FDD or CD drive.
Maybe I need to compile a Dementia Pup.
Maybe 01micko could suggest something.
But I doubt that it would be Puppy.
http://users.tpg.com.au/01micko/
Not even pUPnGO -
6Mb ISO - Basic Building Block Puplet
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=51478
Chris.
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Urgh!... I guess what I would do is get one of these, and physically pull the HDD:andym3 wrote:cthisbear: The 486 doesn't have a CD drive. And I doubt Falcon's Mini CD would run with 4 MB of RAM.
The only problem I have now is that binary Zmodem file transfer locks up the 486 and I have to reboot it (says something about bad packets). I'll try to compile C-Kermit or G-Kermit, it's more reliable AFAIK.
EDIT: C-Kermit compilation fails withThe file seems to be "ckuus4.o". Am I missing something? I started compilation with "make linux".Code: Select all
{standard input}:16467: Error: Unknown pseudo-op: `.' gcc: Internal error: Killed (program cc1)
G-Kermit also fails on compiling "gkermit.c" (lots of errors, filled rxvt's buffer with them). Any ideas?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 812119152&
You can plug the laptop drive in, and plug the device into the USB port on a newer machine. By the time you get done playing with software, you could have the whole drive copied (or perhaps you have a friend who owns one of these).
Without a floppy or CD, your options are rather limited... (there are versions of Linux that run on floppy...but...)
At the moment I don't recall the package I used to run on my old 10MHz XT desktop (MSDOS based networking) -- but I had pretty solid transfer capability with my blistering 2400 baud modem -- zmodem worked very well on that system. But again, I don't know how you would go about getting the software onto your laptop.
Did your laptop have a modem? If so, what interface software came with that?
Also, in the old days, people used to use a program called "laplink" to transfer files to and from... I think you'll need a null-modem cable.