I have, in the past, been forced to type an Xmodem transfer program into debug.com's hex mode, to get to the point where I can transfer files over a null-modem connection from another box. I can dig up the file in question, if that'd help you out at all.
I ended up typing it in 1k at a time, and independently typing in a CRC32 utility to check that I'd done it properly.
(That was to install Windows 98 on a computer with no drives, if I recall. So, not so very long ago.)
That's how I used to transfer files to my coding buddies.
On the phone, hex dump in S-record format, then read out loud while the other side would type in the line. Checksum matches? Next line...
Our respective parents were not too happy about this unplanned usage of their phone lines but it saved a ton of cycling.
That's how you do it! What's the today's equivalent that kids do?
Yes, I would love to find that specific program - as there are several Xmodem transfer programs out there and I'd like to use one that's not only small in size, but also most likely to work.
You can run Norton Commander on both computers and set them on connect mode. One PC is set as master and the other as slave; connect them physically with a parallel cable.
Good idea - but then you would need Norton Commander, which I don't have for some reason.
Re:8088 Domination Post-Mortem, Part 1
by offmycloud on Friday June 20, 2014 @07:07AM
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KryoFlux is a USB-based floppy controller
http://www.kryoflux.com/
Will check it out!
Re:8088 Domination Post-Mortem, Part 1
by JonnieCache on Friday June 20, 2014 @05:54AM
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Squirt it in bit by bit down a serial port?
For me there was never any doubt.
A bit unrelated, but I've got an old 5150 at my parent's place, so when I'm visiting next Xmas I'll try to load this demo onto it. The only problem is that of transferring files to it. It only has a 5.25" floppy drive, and I don't have a means to copy files onto those floppies.
Any suggestions?