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In article <828388254.2362@intra.demon.co.uk>
           paul@intra.demon.co.uk "Paul" writes:

> 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 ?

Ah, yes, this is where you're going wrong...

Kermit doesn't take over the running of the remote PC. You have 
to start up Kermit on both machines, then put one machine into 
server mode (IIRC, just type 'ser') and then connect with the 
other.

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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