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HISPED2.ZIP: FILE TRANSFER UTILITY REPLACING HISPEED.ZIP
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Copyright (c) 1992,1993 John J Speth / SpethWARE
This utility is a replacement to the HISPEED.ZIP program set that was
uploaded to Compuserve in 1992. The original program was compiled to run
on 80286 or later machines and not 8086 and 80186. This program set has
been recompiled for all machines. The original READ.ME file is duplicated
with the appropriate changes below:
FILE TRANSFER UTILITY
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Copyright (c) 1992,1993 John J Speth / SpethWARE
Overview
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This is a high speed file transfer utility for use between
two PC, XT, or AT computers of any combination. At the
higher baud rates, it may rival using floppy disks for
copying files between computers. It uses either the COM1 or
COM2 ports with baud rates from 300 to 115200 baud.
I wrote this program so my "slow" computer could to connect
to Compuserve for downloading large files while my "main"
computer was available for me to use. When my session with
Compuserve was over, I could transfer the downloaded files
from my "slow" computer to my "main" computer with this file
transfer utility. The data transfer rate at 115,200 baud is
approximately 600K bytes per minute.
Setup
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Copy the sender and receiver programs to one of the
directories in your PATH environment variable on both the
sending and receiving computers.
The baud rate and port may be selected using two environment
variables: XFER_BAUD and XFER_PORT. Set XFER_BAUD to one of
the following values: 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 6600, 19200,
38400, 57600, or 115200. Commas are not permitted. Set
XFER_PORT to either COM1 or COM2. For example, put the next
two lines in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to run on COM1 at 9600
baud:
SET XFER_BAUD=9600
SET XFER_PORT=COM1
This example is also the default setting.
When first using the programs, try the fastest baud rate and
if that doesn't work, step down one selection at a time
until it does work. It works error free for me with a 12
foot unshielded cable at 115,200 baud.
Running
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There are two programs: a file receiver (GETF.EXE) and a
file sender (SNDF.EXE). Run GETF on the receiving computer
(the receiver) and run SNDF on the sending computer (the
sender). The COM ports on each computer must be connected
together with a null modem cable.
To run, start GETF on the receiver. It will wait 30 seconds
for communication from the sender and then exit to DOS if
two way communication was not established. Next, start SNDF
on the sender. It will sync up the receiver and immediately
start sending the specified files from the SNDF command line.
Data is transmitted in 1K byte blocks with error checking.
The filename is transmitted with the data so the receiver
will create a file with the same name and, with no warning
or mercy, overwrite any file with the same name that was
previously there. Any error causes both programs to exit to
DOS immediately.
Distribution
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The programs were compiled using Microsoft C/C++ 7.0.
Please distribute the files freely with this READ.ME file.
John Speth / SpethWARE
222 South Hill Dr
Westampton, NJ 08046
Phone: 609-871-9092
Compuserve ID: 71214,3606
(We do custom programming. Call Us !!)