alternatively i would like to try getting modem 2 modem connection. now i was thkning all that usually hapens with this is that you dial up to the other guys house and the modem connects but if we are in the same room is there a way of giving a phone number to the hosts or clients pc so that the modems can talk to each other. any help would be appreciated as we just wanna get this working before we get network cards cos we are very impatient

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not many cars to nick here so instead they hijack pedestrians
and run them around at terrifying leg speeds
its called git surfing
all too often the git is one of their own mothers
the latest trick? catapult them into a shop

As for connecting two modems in the same room, first I think you have to put a 9-v battery across the two center wires to pull the signal up. Then when you make one PC dial, force the other one to answer.

Personally I think the null modem solution is easier and simpler.

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When 1337 hax0rs start impaling each other with swords and typing code with a hook on one hand, then they can modify the term "pirate."