On 2021-04-25, Grant Taylor <gtay...@gentoo.tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
>> It is usually simple to setup and use a serial null-modem cable and >> run kermit or somthing on the MS-Win side and add a getty (I've used >> mgetty) handling the serial port on the linux side. > > Is it wrong that the first thing that came to mind when reading the OP's > post is UUCP with as high speed serial as possible? Nope. Many years ago I used UUCP a number of times for "production" projects involving data gathering from remote systems via dial-up. 25+ years ago, I wrote an article about one of those projects for Linux Journal. UUCP would work a treat for the problem I initially posed. Back in the day, I always used Taylor-UUCP, and I'm pretty sure I could get it working again on Linux, but I have little confidence I could get it working on Win10. I'd probably have better luck with Kermit. > I wonder if the USB LapLink (type) cable or USB On The Go gadget cables > could present as a multi-megabit serial interface. It turns out the initial requirements that I was given were wrong, and the Windows machine does have some limited Internet access via a VPN and proxy, and I can get files to/from the Windows machine that way. So my initial question is moot. -- Grant
