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From: mike@knot.QueensU.CA (Mike Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Proposed Change in Dialing Directory Format
Date: 23 Jul 1995 11:19:56 -0400
Organization: Queen's University, Kingston
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In article <3uphbn$u1@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>, fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes:
|>
|> Those of you who use MS-DOS Kermit and C-Kermit dialing directories
|> know the dialing directory is a plain text file, one line per entry.
|>
|> [description deleted...]
|>
|> The question is: Does anybody actually use the speed and parity fields?
|> Or if you do, would you care a lot of they went away?
|>
We use the speed and parity fields. Some of our services are through a
PACX to an IBM mainframe. This path requires even parity and a maximum
speed of 9600. The remaining services are through telnet servers: no
parity and the fastest speed the PC<->modem can reliably maintain.
Would we care if the format of the distributed dialing directory changed?
Not terribly. MSK's scripting abilities would let us get by.
As an aside, we also use the comment field. If it contains the word Queen's
I add a dialing prefix. Your recent discussion on portable dialing directories
has shown me some flaws in my approach here. But the moral is that when
you change the format of the dialing directory some people will have to
rework things. I don't consider that a big burden.
This may be completely impractical, but is there any chance the new format
could be defined in the next month? If so I could react to the changes in
time for September which is when most students grab their copy of Kermit
for the year.
--
Mike Smith mike@ccs.queensu.ca
Queen's University Michael.D.Smith@QueensU.CA
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