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From: shevett@mccc.edu (Dave Shevett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.databases
Subject: Re: Running a PC from a dumb terminal?
Message-ID: <1991Feb12.141131.10897@mccc.edu>
Date: 12 Feb 91 14:11:31 GMT
References: <1991Feb11.113340.11377@oz.plymouth.edu>
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In article <1991Feb11.113340.11377@oz.plymouth.edu> derykm@oz.plymouth.edu.plymouth.edu (Dez) writes:
=I have a situation.  I have an IBM pc AT that has a dumb terminal
=hooked to the COM1 port.  I want to run the PC, in a single user mode,
=from the dumb terminal which has a keyboard hooked up to it.  Therefore,
=I should have the option of running the PC from the terminal or the
=PC itself.  

In it's most simplest form, you could always use 'ctty' to change the
console to the COM port.  However, this is only good for raw COMMAND.COM
functions, and some dopey applications that do not do direct screen writes.

=It is something like Carbon Copy, but there is only one PC and the other
=is just a terminal.

We use Carbon Copy religiously here (not the college, at my OTHER job), and
it's a great time saver...

=Is it possible to take the input from the terminal, through com1, and
=use the program on the PC.  The program that will run on the PC is written
=and compiled in dbase iv.

There's the rub.  dBase IV I'm SURE does direct screen writes, so ctty
certainly won't work.

I don't know of any application that'll do what you want, short of
something like PC/MOS or vm/386, but both require a '386 (hmmm, didn't I
read something about PC/MOS available for '286?  Hmmm again) - I can't
recommend PC/MOS - I've had nothing but problems with it, but vm/386 is
supposed to be a lot cleaner.  They both support 'dumb' terminals on serial
ports.

However, it budget is a constriction, or you don't have a '386, dig around
for a dopey 4.77mghz PC, get Carbon Copy, and run a direct serial line from
the PC to your AT.  I've done this and run things like Norton Disk Doctor
remotely (about 10 feet away), and it works mighty well.

=
=deryk
=

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