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From: jdege@ (Jeff Dege)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Serial cable for HP48sx to PC
Message-ID: <1990Aug24.175736.16922@cs.umn.edu>
Date: 24 Aug 90 17:57:36 GMT
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In article <1990Aug24.061522.5740@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> byu@csri.toronto.edu (Benjamin Yu) writes:
>Has anyone succeeded in making the serial cable for the HP48SX to the PC?
>Does one really need the software from HP for up/download even if one
>can make the cable him/herself??  Will any communication program like
>procomm do??
>
>Thanks for the help!
>
   The communications software on the PC disk is a plain-jane kermit.exe.
I've tried a couple of different terminal programs, and every kermit I've
tried worked.  Conclusion: the software is not necessary.
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