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This reminds me of one of my many complaints about Microsoft software. Windows 95, 98 and XP included hyperterminal. In theory hyperterminal could send and rec
by eva_cananim 3y ago
This reminds me of one of my many complaints about Microsoft software.
Windows 95, 98 and XP included hyperterminal. In theory hyperterminal could send and receive files over a serial port. On a few occasions I came across a machine with a broken floppy drive or something and tried to use a null modem cable.
Hyperterminal would give up after a few hundred kilobytes, because it was programmed to do that. You had to find and transfer a less stupid piece of software then use that instead.
- tssva 3y ago> Hyperterminal would give up after a few hundred kilobytes, because it was programmed to do that. You had to find and transfer a less stupid piece of software then use that instead. Hyperterminal didn't have file transfer limitations built-in to it. I used Hyperterminal regularly to transfer files much larger than a few hundred kilobytes.
- eva_cananim 3y agoMy experience was that hyperterminal, when transfering files, would give up after retrying a few blocks and there was no way to tell it to not do that and keep trying.
- dmd 3y agoHyperterminal was not the problem. I regularly used Hyperterminal on Win95 to transfer tens of megabytes of data over null modem cables.
- justsomehnguy 3y agohttps://youtu.be/i0UR89QmPu0?t=669 https://youtu.be/i0UR89QmPu0?t=669