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reflectedodds@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Thanks for that. Looked online a bit, I’m going to order an rs232 to usb null modem cable. Then it looks like in DOS I should be able to set the baud and just copy a file to the port. On the receiving side I can program something to just read from the com port straight to a file. Add some automation and voila. 🤞

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Toes@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yeah, sounds like a plan. The zmodem protocol was designed for this if you wanna save writing your own tool from scratch?

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- reflectedodds@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  We’ll see how far I get. I mean if I can just do copy file \\.\COM# on the DOS side and cat /dev/USB# > file on my laptop side then I’ll be happy.
  
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  - Toes@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Good luck, let us know your results.
    
    Be sure to check the hash of the files before and after. You could also zip them before transmission for that functionality.
    
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