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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: help with a remote use of kermit please
Date: 25 Apr 1997 14:36:12 GMT
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In article <33606ff6.1069011@NEWS.INDIGO.IE>, alan <offline@INDIGO.IE> wrote:
: I am running wildcat v 4.11. I have setupa door so that a batch file
: will run (I am trying to get it to run Kermit).
:
Bad news and good news...
: The bbs is setup to
: another system, the idea being that once a user dials in and selects
: an item from the main menu, a batch file runs Kermit, allowing a
: terminal session which echos back to the user.
:
I think this one must be a "no". MS-DOS Kermit is not designed to act as
a relay between two other computers. It reads from the real keyboard and
writes to the real screen. Although it *can* be run under "ctty com1"
(or similar), you can't enter CONNECT mode when using it in this fashion.
: Kermit however has a
: problem as it can only talk to comms 1-4. We need a dos terminal
: emulation program that will support more tham comm ports 1 to 4,
: preferably being able to communicate through a fossil driver fr the
: digiboards.
:
This one is a "yes". The current version of MS-DOS Kermit is 3.14, and
it can indeed use Fossil drivers, via "set port fossil <number>".
: The bbs is therefore acting like a dumb termainal. If I am
: directly using the bbs i can use kermit to create a terminal session,
: but I dial in from another computer I can see Kermit running on the
: bbs, so the batch file runs, but it stays local to the bbs. It does
: not get echoed to my remote computer. The bbs is setup using
: digiboards and the other system that is attached to the bbs is using
: an Arnet smartport. This is basically a card with an external
: attachment allowing 8 comm ports to be set up.
:
I don't think MS-DOS Kermit can help you in this case. I would, however,
recommend that you install "MS-DOS Kermit Lite" as the Kermit protocol
on your BBS, since it works better and faster than the built-in one.
You can read all about this at:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/newsn6.html#bbs
- Frank