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Problems with DECserver 200s

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From: Stefan Brandle
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1989 18:37
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I have been trying to run pcANYWHERE (one of those remote access programs that
permits one pc to connect to the serial port/modem port of another pc and do
remote control of the other pc, a la `advise' on TOPS-20).  A port on one
DECserver 200 is setup to offer itself as a service.  From another port I
connect to it using PC MacTerm, a program that permits a Mac to control a PC
running pcANYWHERE.  If I use both machines like dumb terminals, connecting
them through the terminal servers, using kermit or something like that, any 
characters typed on the pc show up nicely on the mac and vice versa.  If I set 
the mac next to the pc and connect them serial-port to serial-port, the 
pcANYWHERE/PC MacTerm runs beautifully.  However, when I run it through the 
terminal server, I start getting junk and the programs go bananas, eventually
freezing up the connection.  The only lines they are using on the direct
connection that works are tx, rx and signal ground (pin 7 on 25-pin).  Anybody 
have any theories or suggestions about what to try.  I called DMA (Dynamic 
Microprocessor Associates) who makes it and they didn't have any special 
suggestions about why this is happening.

Thanks for any help,
-stefan brandle
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From: stefan@wheaton.UUCP (Stefan Brandle )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Problems with DECserver 200s
Keywords: port-to-port connection problems
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Date: 8 Nov 89 18:37:28 GMT
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Organization: Wheaton College, Wheaton Il
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