Interlink and Interserver--What's up?
Curtis Farley
I am trying to use Interlink and Interserver to copy files from an old
286 AT to a Pentium 100. I have the MM Null-modem cable attached to LPT1 on
both computer, but I can't seem to establish the connection. I followed all
of the directions in DOS manual (including editing the config.sys), but
nothing seems to allow them to connect. Is it me, my cable, the computers or
what? I am lost as to what to do--besides getting out an old 1.2 MB Floppy
and doing it by hand--YUK!! E-mail me at jcfa...@cord.it.iupui.edu for
suggestions. THANKS!!!
Curtis
Psycho Bob
Null-modem cables are for serial ports -- not parallel port! Interlnk +
intersvr allows either serial connection or parallel connection. For
serial connection, you need null-modem serial cable. For parallel, you
need LapLink-type parallel cable. Parallel will be significantly faster
than the serial connection. You can either make LapLink-type parallel
cable yourself, or you can buy one.
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Ghoti
> Hey DOS people,
>
> I am trying to use Interlink and Interserver to copy files from an old
> 286 AT to a Pentium 100. I have the MM Null-modem cable attached to LPT1 on
> both computer, but I can't seem to establish the connection. I followed all
> of the directions in DOS manual (including editing the config.sys), but
> nothing seems to allow them to connect. Is it me, my cable, the computers or
> what? I am lost as to what to do--besides getting out an old 1.2 MB Floppy
> and doing it by hand--YUK!! E-mail me at jcfa...@cord.it.iupui.edu for
> suggestions. THANKS!!!
>
>
>
> Curtis
>
>
Suggestions from Nottingham Trent University include - get yer disks out
and PKZIP... change the cable... but a Zip/Syquest drive and forget your
floppies... zap the old hard disk into the Pentium[?]... use Debug to
recreate them by hand... pray for divine guidance...
Not all of these may work - I *do* know that when I tried to do same from
my 8088, the device driver had to be loaded on the better machine -
could it be that the 286 doesn't like the driver?
Hope at least one of these suggestions works ;)
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Thomas David Nichols
: serial connection, you need null-modem serial cable. For parallel, you
: than the serial connection. You can either make LapLink-type parallel
: cable yourself, or you can buy one.
Can anyone vouch for Interlnk/Intersrv as a safe way to
transfer files? I got burned once with "Append," and I'd hate
to mess up two machines when someone could have warned me.
If it's safe, I want to use Interlnk/Intersrv between my own
desktop and laptop machines when the files are too large to
fit on a floppy.
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Gregory Watson
Thomas David Nichols <hel...@swcp.com> wrote:
>Can anyone vouch for Interlnk/Intersrv as a safe way to
>transfer files? I got burned once with "Append," and I'd hate
>to mess up two machines when someone could have warned me.
>
>If it's safe, I want to use Interlnk/Intersrv between my own
>desktop and laptop machines when the files are too large to
>fit on a floppy.
I haven't transferred more than a few hundred megabytes of a
null-modem cable using interlnk/intersrv. I've never had a problem.
I haven't used it on a Pentium, but have used it on XT's, 286s, 386s
and 486s. Use of it has included migration from machine to machine,
and installing 3.5" software on a machine without a 3.5" drive.
Craziest use was using Intersrv/interlnk to back up a system to a tape
drive. (No, this is not recommended for speed reasons, but it did
allow us to back up the about-to-be-retired machine to tape.)
So yes, I have faith in it. Good luck. Try some things as a
test first to convince yourself that it works.
Gregory Watson
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gjwa...@students.wisc.edu
Reid Smith
TDN>transfer files? I got burned once with "Append," and I'd hate
TDN>to mess up two machines when someone could have warned me.
I've been using it for years and with only one problem. I don't
think the problem was with interlnk-svr but with the old 286 computer
that I was copying from. Since the problem I use FC to compair the
files before I'm done. I've used it 1000's of times on good 386-486
computers without a hitch. I also use the para. link insted of serial
link. It's faster and easier.
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g...@access5.digex.net (Gregory Watson) wrote:
> I haven't transferred more than a few hundred megabytes of a
>null-modem cable using interlnk/intersrv. I've never had a problem.
>I haven't used it on a Pentium, but have used it on XT's, 286s, 386s
>and 486s. Use of it has included migration from machine to machine,
>and installing 3.5" software on a machine without a 3.5" drive.
>Craziest use was using Intersrv/interlnk to back up a system to a tape
>drive. (No, this is not recommended for speed reasons, but it did
>allow us to back up the about-to-be-retired machine to tape.)
> So yes, I have faith in it. Good luck. Try some things as a
>test first to convince yourself that it works.
I've never been able to get Interlink/Interserver to work. Could you
(or anyone for that matter) post your config.sys/autoexec.bat files
and tell me what else I need to do to get it to work? I play to use a
serial connection. My Pentium system has 3 drives (C: & D: are hard
drives and E: is my CD-ROM) so If I need to make a net drive or
whatever (not sure what I'd need to do) it would have to get F: -
Z:...
Curtis Farley
>I've never been able to get Interlink/Interserver to work. Could you
>(or anyone for that matter) post your config.sys/autoexec.bat files
>and tell me what else I need to do to get it to work? I play to use a
>serial connection. My Pentium system has 3 drives (C: & D: are hard
>drives and E: is my CD-ROM) so If I need to make a net drive or
>whatever (not sure what I'd need to do) it would have to get F: -
>Z:...
Well, I have spent the last three or four weeks trying to figure
Interlink out. I originally bought the wrong cables and spent 3 days trying
to get them to work. Eventually, a friend lended me his null-modem cables and
I had no problems. Today I went out and bought stuff to make my own cables,
and was finally successful with the parallel cable that I made. It is very
fast! I would suggest it over serial, if you can get or make the cable. The
pinouts are actually in DOS 6.22 Help for both serial and parallel cables!! I
am going to try to make serial cables tomorrow.
The Interlink has three parts, IN ORDER:
1.) On the server type:
c:\>intersvr c: /lpt1
c: --tells the server which drives on it you want to link.
/lpt1 --tells the server what port your going through on the
server for the link. If your doing it by serial then
it will be something like /com2.
As described below, you may need to also specify a speed of transfer
with a /baud:57600 (or whatever, but make sure they are the same speed on both
the server and client!) switch. Also, none of these switches are necessary,
but I strongly suggest using the switch that tells it what port your operating
through. (ie /com2)
2.) Client's config.sys
DEVICE=C:\dos\interlnk.exe /drives:1 /noprinter /lpt1
/drives:1 --tells it that I only want to link to one drive on the
server
/noprinter --tells it that I don't want to link any printers
/lpt1 --tells the client what port your transferring through on
the client computer.
All of these are explained in the DOS 6.22 Help. You should read it
thouroughly. None of these switches are necessary, I think, but I suggest
using them anyway. Especially telling what port your connecting through.
That one is probably the most important. For you it will be like /com2 or
/com1, since your connecting through a serial port. It's actually necessary,
if you plan to transfer files in Windows. You may also need to specify the
speed of transfer with the /baud:57600 switch which is explained in the help.
Your config.sys should also have a LASTDRIVE=Z line in it, I think.
3.) Reboot your computer,and at the DOS prompt just type:
c:\> Interlnk
Good Luck!!
Curtis
P.S. By the way, get a continuity tester and check to make sure the pinouts on
your cables are right!!