Subj : Re: DIY Laplink cable results
To   : Mortar M.
From : Bob Worm
Date : Wed Aug 27 2025 22:32:17

  Re: Re: DIY Laplink cable results
  By: Mortar M. to kirkspragg on Wed Aug 27 2025 14:12:26

Hi, Mortar M.

 >  > Must be dosbox. Or maybe nostalgia has me remembering things as better
 >  > than they were....
 >
 > I would check it against another VM like VirtualBox of 86box.  That'll tell
 > if it's an emulation or host issue.

I have a sneaking suspicion that hardware handshaking might be something to do with this. I have been trying to push Laplink III from DOSBox to a laptop running FreeDOS.  The remote bootstrapping process on the laptop seems to insist on hardware handshaking and isn't getting it from either DOSBox or the cheap USB to serial adaptor I'm using. Could also be the cable, I suppose. I need a little spare time to poke at it with an oscilloscope and figure out what's up.

I could probably just copy it on via x/y/zmodem using the FreeDOS bundled terminal emulator - that works fine (to the extent that you can type one end and it appears on the terminal at the other). Possibly it's just the bootstrap that doesn't work.

I'm away tomorrow but I'll try to find some time to do this when I get back.

BobW
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