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In article <828388254.2362@intra.demon.co.uk>,
Paul <paul@intra.demon.co.uk> wrote:
: I have been trying to connect two 486 PCs using Kermit 3.14.
: 
: When I type 'c' to connect, I get a frozen screen. I am using a null
: modem cable which has 2 9pin and 2 25pin connectors (which allows
: connection to com1 or com2). I have checked the cable using Dos
: Interlnk.
: I have set the port speeds on both PC's using the Dos mode command to
: 9600 and then set the port speeds in Kermit to 9600. I have tried both
: com ports with no luck.
: 
: Do both PC's need to be running Kermit ?
: I have successfully used Kermit to dial out through my modem but I just
: get a blank screen when I try to connect to the other PC.
: Any ideas what I am doing wrong ?
: 
Not reading chapters 10 and 11 of the manual, "Using MS-DOS Kermit"?

  Christine M. Gianone, "Using MS-DOS Kermit", Second Edition, Digital Press /
  Butterworth-Heinemann, Woburn, MA, 1992, 345 pages, ISBN 1-55558-082-3.
  Packaged with version 3.14 of MS-DOS Kermit for the IBM PC, PS/2, and
  compatibles on a 3.5-inch diskette.

  US single-copy price: $39.95; quantity discounts available.  Available in
  computer bookstores or directly from:

    Kermit Development and Distribution
    Columbia University Academic Information Systems
    612 West 115th Street
    New York, NY  10025  USA
    Telephone: (USA) 212 854-3703

  Domestic and overseas orders accepted.  Price: $39.95 (US, Canada, and
  Mexico), $50 elsewhere.  Orders may be paid by MasterCard or Visa, or
  prepaid by check in US dollars.  Add $35 bank fee for checks not drawn on a
  US bank.  Price includes shipping.  Do not include sales tax.

  You can also order by phone from the publisher, Digital Press /
  Butterworth-Heinemann, with MasterCard, Visa, or American Express:

    +1 800 366-2665   (Woburn, Massachusetts office for USA & Canada)
    +44 1865 314627   (Oxford, England distribution centre for UK & Europe)
    +61 03 9245 7111  (Melbourne, Vic, office for Australia & NZ)
    +65 356-1968      (Singapore office for Asia) 
    +27 (31) 2683111  (Durban office for South Africa)

  A German-language edition is also available:

    Christine M. Gianone, "MS-DOS Kermit, das universelle
    Kommunikationsprogramm", Verlag Heinz Heise, Hannover, Germany (1991),
    414 pages.  Packaged with version 3.12 of MS-DOS Kermit for the IBM PC,
    PS/2, and compatibles on a 5.25-inch diskette, including German-language
    help files.  Deutsch von Gisbert W. Selke.  Price: DM 69,00.  ISBN
    3-88229-006-4.  Verlag Heinz Heise GmbH & Co. KG, Helstorfer Strasse 7,
    D-30625 Hannover.  Tel. +49 (05 11) 53 52-0, Fax. +49 (05 11) 53 52-1 29.

  And a French-language edition:

    Christine M. Gianone, "Kermit MS-DOS mode d'emploi", Heinz Schiefer & Cie.,
    Versailles (1993), 406 pages.  Packaged with version 3.11 of MS-DOS Kermit
    for the IBM PC, PS/2, and compatibles on a 5.25-inch diskette.  Adaption
    francaise: Jean Dutertre.  ISBN 2-901143-20-2.  Heinz Schiefer & Cie.,
    45 rue Henri de Regnier, F-78000 Versailles.  Tel. +33 39 53 95 26,
    Fax. +33 39 02 39 71.

  The French version is also available from Columbia University: $39.95.

  There is also a Japanese book about MS-DOS Kermit:

    Hirofumi Fujii and Fukuko Yuasa, "MS-Kermit Nyumon", Computer
    Today Library 6, Saiensu-Sha Co., Ltd., publishers (1993), 160 pages.
    Publisher's address: Abe-toku Building, 2-4 Kanda-suda cho, Chiyoda-ku,
    Tokyo 101, Japan.  Tel. +81-3-3256-1091.  Price 1,800 Yen + tax.
    ISBN 4-7819-0669-9 C3355 P1854E.

- Frank