Oh yes, Ed, I remember UUCP. Not very fondly, but I do remember it :)
Besides, who can possibly forget HoneyDanBer if you've been forced to
support it? ;) Bang path routing... oh what fun.
When SLIP became feasible (ie, 9600 baud modems finally reached the
realm of affordability), my quality of living was greatly increased. ;)
- Ian C. Blenke <ian@blenke.com> <icblenke@nks.net>
(or is that icblenke!nks.com!nks@uunet.uu.net ? ;)
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 09:21:00PM -0400, Ed Centanni wrote:
> Ah... Don't any of you young whipper-snappers remember good ol' fashion
> UUCP -- a.k.a. Unix to Unix copy? Why, in the good ol' days(tm) we used
> to use it to cattle drive them thar longhorn files all over the country
> and across the room too. Gol-darn it!
>
> http://www.fisica.uson.mx/Linux/howto/UUCP-HOWTO.html
>
> Should work with just a NULL MODEM cable or adaptor. You can buy them
> at most places that sell serial cable and adaptors or roll your own with
> this info:
> http://www.loop-back.com/null-mod.html
>
> More complete serial info here: http://www.taltech.com/introserial.htm
>
> and lots about UUCP here: http://www.uucp.org/
>
> Most distros have uucp on the disk(s). Some install it as part of a
> minimal base system.
>
> Ed Centanni
>
> Carson Wilcox wrote:
> >
> > I hope someone can help me with this.
> >
> > I have a desktop and a laptop and I'd like to find a
> > simple way to transfer files between them. To be
> > honest, I don't have the interest or desire to set up
> > a network, all I really want is prehaps a way to send
> > files for a serial link, is there a way I can do this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Carson
> >
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