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PC to PC via modem - how to connect?

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From: Tom Knotts
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 1991 20:39

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I want to copy some files from a friend's PC to mine via our modems.
Just how is this done? I assume that one of us sets our modem to auto
answer, and then the other dials the number and connects. But it seems
trickier than that. Perhaps the dialee has to run some special software
that allows the dialer to tell the dialee to send/receive a file. How do
the buletin boards accomplish this? I don't have any trouble getting
files when I call a buletin board. I just don't understand what the
PC on the other end does to allow me to dial in.

thanks for any help,

tom

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From: knotts@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com (Tom Knotts)
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Subject: PC to PC via modem - how to connect?
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