In article <5jsr7g$hf@kensie.dorsai.org>, vjp2@dorsai.org @smtp.dorsai.org (Vasos Panagiotopoulos +1-917-287-8087 writes> This brings up an old question that still has some life to it:
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> I used to have (1985-95) an AMPRO 2210 80186 machine that had no
> keyboard or monitor thta I plugged into a 1980 HP2621A
> terminal. Nothing on that machine was bitmapped - it only used
> BIOS. While I could do "echo atdt3334444 > com1:", the then-current PC
> version of Kermit would not work, so I had to buy a special version
> put out by NightOwl (Wisconsin) called MeX (which was a good product BTW).
>
> Supposing I were to restart that old machine and wanted to have the
> same software I have on my new one -
> is there anyway I could use the current MSKermit on that old
> non-bit-mapped system?
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It's not worth it, give it up. While the current MS-DOS Kermit
supports BIOS1..BIOS4 as communication pathways they are totally unsuited
for work above 300 bps or so. Motherboards are very cheap these days, so
I suggest treating the box to a new one, and the peripherials to go with