haha BixHex
I'm pleased you found a solution that ought to work for your setup. Permit me then, to describe a couple of differences in procedure:
1) I like BinHex 4.0. The reason is that it is more compatible. BinHex files should survive any platform implementation or file transfer method. As long as you use TEXT when you send the file in HyperTerminal/minicom/ZTerm/whatever you're fine. MacBinary does have a slight kerfuffle with MIME types when sending across the internet but most email providers should be already smart about that. Also BinHex has many cross-platform decoders and encoders -- even OS X 10.5+ has it in the command line.
2) CompactPro can create self-extracting archives. I compressed KidPix, which is 200KiB, into a .sea of 60KiB. Adding BinHex 4.0 encoding raised it to 78KiB. I have never used or heard of PackIt before but I suppose it works fine.
3) Your DE9 RS422 to DE9 RS232 setup is interesting, using DSR and DTR over CTS and RTS. Your page omits details of bitrate and handshaking but I did notice that not using hardware handshake (CTS & RTS) was a significant speed detractor.
4) I have yet to even mention RS232 over RJ45. This could make a USB to RS232 adapter obsolete but I think I should conduct more research.
I'm pleased you found a solution that ought to work for your setup. Permit me then, to describe a couple of differences in procedure:
1) I like BinHex 4.0. The reason is that it is more compatible. BinHex files should survive any platform implementation or file transfer method. As long as you use TEXT when you send the file in HyperTerminal/minicom/ZTerm/whatever you're fine. MacBinary does have a slight kerfuffle with MIME types when sending across the internet but most email providers should be already smart about that. Also BinHex has many cross-platform decoders and encoders -- even OS X 10.5+ has it in the command line.
2) CompactPro can create self-extracting archives. I compressed KidPix, which is 200KiB, into a .sea of 60KiB. Adding BinHex 4.0 encoding raised it to 78KiB. I have never used or heard of PackIt before but I suppose it works fine.
3) Your DE9 RS422 to DE9 RS232 setup is interesting, using DSR and DTR over CTS and RTS. Your page omits details of bitrate and handshaking but I did notice that not using hardware handshake (CTS & RTS) was a significant speed detractor.
4) I have yet to even mention RS232 over RJ45. This could make a USB to RS232 adapter obsolete but I think I should conduct more research.