Herbert,

But in real DOS, the "copy com1 file" should work.

You got me there I'm afraid, I used the DOS w98 ran on. And although "copy
com1 file" /looks/ to be working there, it , just as "type com1", does not
know when to stop. Ctrl-C-ing outof it causes the file to be empty. :-\

Also INTERLINK.EXE/INTERSVR.EXE was part of DOS.

Afaik only part of DOS 6.x (thanks for reminding me though, had forgotten
all about it). And ofcourse only if everything was/is installed (all
floppies).

Regards,
Rudy Wieser