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File Transfer to ancient Win95 Laptop via serial connection
#!/bin/bash
# On the W95 client start Hyperterminal and configure COM1: to 115200 Baud 8N1 no handshake
# from the menue choose 'receive files' and select ZMODEM and the desired destination folder
# on linux start
picocom -b 115200 -s "sz -vv" /dev/ttyS0
# press ctrl-A ctrl-S to open a file dialog ***file: and select the file to transmit
# to leave picocom type ctrl-A ctrl-S
## possible pitfalls:
## to avoid permission dinied error or starting picocom as root
## sudo usermod -a -G dialout username
##
## picocom error after selecting the file:
## exec: No such file or directory
## *** exit status: 126 ***
## lrzsz is missing
## sudo apt-get install lrzsz
##
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