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From: "Dale A. Dellutri" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: MS-Kermit Talking on 2 Ports?
Date: 9 Oct 1999 15:34:17 GMT
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On Fri, 08 Oct 1999 19:28:16 GMT, Ron Heiby <[e-mail]> wrote:
> I have an application that must run in a DOS environment no a "586" class
> processor. I do not have any particular need for file transfer in this
> application, but I do need to be able to read from and write to two serial
> ports, non-blocking, pretty much full-time. The data needs and rates should
> be fairly reasonable, and I do not anticipate having any problems "keeping
> up".

You need BBS software.  You can probably get something free if you
search the web.

> I would like to not have to write the application from scratch. I figure that
> I should be able to handle everything I need to do within Kermit macro
> language.

As Frank said, Kermit can't do this.  You need BBS software.

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