visual basic, Communication Problem

Communication Problem

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Gpap #1 / 10	Communication Problem How can I send data from one Pc to another via Qbasic program? Connection through serial port(Com2). Thanks!!
Mon, 20 Nov 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Adrian Baylin #2 / 10	Communication Problem Quote: > Here's a story: I once had a laptop with no modem and > a home computer with one. I linked the laptop into > the home computer with a cable and then set up a QB > program on the home computer that acted as a pipe between > the serial cable on com1 and the modem on com2. Then I used > the laptop to log into the internet using the home computers > modem and as far as the laptop could tell it thought it had > a modem. The point? There isn't one, I just wanted > to see if it'd work! It's that kind of experimention > that gets me into trouble. :) "I dread to think that someday all my childhood experiences will become stories with no point" - Calvin & Hobbes (Bill Watterson, 1996). Just out of interest, was that a program which sat waiting for input, and anything it received it sent straight to the modem, as if it wasn't there, like; OPEN "COM1" FOR INPUT AS #1 OPEN "COM2" FOR OUTPUT AS #2 DO LINE INPUT #1,A$ PRINT #2,A$ LOOP WHILE INKEY$ = "" CLOSE END Simon.
Mon, 20 Nov 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Matthe #3 / 10	Communication Problem Check out the "OPEN COM" command in the on-line QBasic help. Quote: > How can I send data from one Pc to another via Qbasic program? > Connection through serial port(Com2).
Mon, 20 Nov 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Adrian Baylin #4 / 10	Communication Problem Quote: > No, it was more like (of the top of my head): > OPEN COM1 FOR RANDOM AS #1 > OPEN COM2 FOR RANDOM AS #2 > DO > IF LOF(1)>0 THEN > 'INPUT A STRING THE LENGTH OF LOF(1)ON COM1 > 'AND WRITE IT TO COM2 > END IF > IF LOF(2)>0 THEN > 'READ COM2 AND WRITE IT TO COM1 > END IF > LOOP > That's a general idea, just fill in the remarks with > the approriate code. Hey, I wonder if that would fool Win95? You know, have 1 pc with a modem and that program running, have second PC connected to it with win95 running and pretend there was a modem on com2 of the second PC, would windows find it? Actually, I could try that meself, and probably will now. I know windows will let you have a Doom deathmatch across com1-com2 with 2 instances of doom going. (in case you care :) Simon.
Tue, 21 Nov 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Adrian Baylin #5 / 10	Communication Problem Quote: > > Hey, I wonder if that would fool Win95? You know, have 1 pc with a > > modem and that program running, have second PC connected to it with > > win95 running and pretend there was a modem on com2 of the second PC, > > would windows find it? > Yeah, that's what I used it for but with a laptop with no > modem running win95/explorer. > > Actually, I could try that meself, and probably will now. > > I know windows will let you have a Doom deathmatch across com1-com2 > > with 2 instances of doom going. (in case you care :) > That's something I've never tried. Kind of makes it > dificult to play, don't it. :) With conventional stuff yes, but some company recently released an add-on card which takes up a PCI slot, and allows you to connect another monitor, keyboard and mouse to the one base unit, meaning two people can use 1 pc at a time, doing different things through windows multi-tasking. With that idea they could have a deathmatch too... Simon.
Wed, 22 Nov 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Adrian Baylin #6 / 10	Communication Problem Quote: > > > That's something I've never tried. Kind of makes it > > > dificult to play, don't it. :) > > With conventional stuff yes, but some company recently released an > > add-on card which takes up a PCI slot, and allows you to connect > > another monitor, keyboard and mouse to the one base unit, meaning two > > people can use 1 pc at a time, doing different things through windows > > multi-tasking. With that idea they could have a deathmatch too... > > Simon. > I'll bet after all that you'd be better off making > a cheap P100 and just running the cable to it. Very probably, since the card is over 200 (UK) and you still need an extra monitor, keyboard, mouse and a decent enough PC. Perhaps if space is Extreeeeemly tight it might be worth it though. Simon.
Thu, 23 Nov 2000 03:00:00 GMT

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