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From: jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
Subject: Re: Help: TELNET/K95 - Atten J.Altman
Date: 20 Jun 1999 13:35:32 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
In article <7khrpc$7a0@chronicle.concentric.net>,
R. S. K. <See end of message> wrote:
: Thank you, Mr. Altman, for taking the time to examine what was going
: on, sending me a complete description, and the sample loop in the
: scripting language. I'll follow your advice and look for an alterna-
: tive console-mode program to interact with this improperly written
: server, if I can find one, and in the meantime, see if I can't
: manage with K95 as a stop-gap, utilizing what I've learned from you
: about the behavior at the remote end.
I can't tell you whether or not the service is improperly written.
What I can tell you is that it is not a Telnet Service. The history
of MUD's and MOO's is very similar to the developemnt of BBS software
on PC's (and most software written by young programmers). The software
works perfectly well within its own context. However, the programmers
had no concept that there were things known as "standards" which
are approved by international committees. Instead, they see a service
which does something close to what they want, implement the parts
that they need and then add arbitrary extensions for the fetures
which they desire. The result are imcompatible products.
: Incidentally, can K95 emulate a 3270? There are one or two old
: library catalogs I used to use tn3270 on UNIX to access--but I
: no longer can (Concentric decided to trash shell accounts, recently,
: rather than repair their gateways).
:
No. It is on our list of things to do. But that is a very long list.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025
http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html * kermit-support@kermit-project.org