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  6. From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell)
  7. Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  8. Subject: Re: Improved modem dialing for C-Kermit
  9. Date: 23 Jun 1995 21:29:12 -0500
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  17.  
  18. In article <3seuml$4s6@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>,
  19. Frank da Cruz <fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
  20. >
  21. >Hi.  I'm the principle author of C-Kermit communication software for
  22. >UNIX, VMS, OS/2, etc etc.  In preparation for a future release, I'm
  23. >spiffing up the modem and dialing features, with the following goals:
  24.  
  25. [...]
  26. > . Easy addition of new modem types by the user.
  27.  
  28. Why not teach it to read uucp Devices and Dialers files on the unix
  29. version at least?  Everyone has to set these up anyway and it's
  30. annoying to have to do it all over again for kermit and add a
  31. start up script that knows how to find a free modem line.
  32.  
  33. Les Mikesell
  34.   les@mcs.com