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Article: 13698 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Can Kermit be used for dialing *IN* to a PC (NT/2000)?
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In article <ali926$22r$1@watsol.cc.columbia.edu>, fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes:
>In article <00A13B6C.8E682BF9@SendSpamHere.ORG>,
> <system@SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
>: Hello,
>:
>: I have a client that wants to be able to dial into a PC and transfer files.
>: They've been doing so successfully on an Alpha running VMS but would like a
>: "backup" capability at another site that has only a PC.
>:
>: Before I go off into PC insanity trying to implement this, has anybody done
>: this or anything similar with Kermit?
>:
>Clarification: Of course you can't dial and log in to Windows and get a
>text-based shell like you can do with VMS, Unix, and other conventional
>operating systems. But you can still set up Kermit on Windows to accept
>incoming calls and provide a file-transfer and management service. There
>are various ways to do this, of which the most user-friendly is described
>here:
>
> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95host.html
>
>You can also write a simple Kermit script that awaits and handles incoming
>calls, something like:
>
> set port tapi
> set speed 57600
> set flow rts/cts
> while true {
> cd some-directory
> answer 0
> if success server
> close connection
> }
>
>Obviously many variations and refinements are possible.
>
>- Frank
Frank,
Do you know of anybody in the southern NJ (Ocean County) that can figure
out this PC Kermit thing and give me a hand? Everytime I click on the
"crown" I get a try-before-you-buy screen. If I click on [Buy Now], I
get some popup "profile manager" which has my wife's name on it. Grrr.
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