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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
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Subject: Re: MS-DOS Kermit/DOS-Emu
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In article <TCPSMTP.17.9.8.2.14.44.2375661496.4677359@kincyb.com>, dallasii@kincyb.com writes:
> [I'm cross-posting this to several forums where I think it will be
> appropriate for discussion.
> I apologize to anyone who finds it inappropriate.]
>
> Question:
>
> 1) MS-DOS Kermit requires direct access to COM ports.
Is that a question or a statement?
If the latter the answer is no. If you read the manual please
discover that MSK can run over networks and to serial ports via slow
simple-minded BIOS calls. I don't recommend SET PORT BIOSx, but it is
there and works.
> 2) LINUX DOS-Emu does not allow direct access to PC COM ports.
>
> 3) Therefore, MS-DOS Kermit cannot funtion in the LINUX DOS-Emu
> environment?
The logic is faulty. I don't use Linux so I can't help you with
that part of things. If you have an emulator which simulates the serial
port hardware then MSK will probably run. Complaints on that to makers
of simulators. In general, Unix does not permit use applications to touch
the hardware because the hardware belongs to more than one user app.
The Kermit of choice for Unix systems is C Kermit.
Joe D.