How to communicate with an old DOS computer through the RS232 port?

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  • hoard-of-gwbasic

    A collection of GW-BASIC code by various authors

    • BASIC and Kermit to the rescue! Use https://github.com/robhagemans/hoard-of-gwbasic/blob/master/AllBasicCode/KERMIT.BAS to get something running on the laptop to receive a real Kermit or whatever. Either type in the program in GWBASIC, try to COPY it to the serial port, or try using the CTTY command and do a copy-and-paste.

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