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Subject: Re: MS-DOS Kermit, more capabalities
From: cangel@famvid.com
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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 11:48:16 GMT
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
On 2000-01-17 weber@rhrk.uni-kl.de(ChristophWeber-Fahr) said:
W> Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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W> Maybe, Just Maybe... you didn't like the answers ? I thinkk
W> there were.
Or maybe the total lack of feedback concerning the macros
themselves?
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W> This is understandable and a certainly fascinating hobby.
W> But please understand why people write software like this...
W> because they have a need for it.
There is a need for zmodem or the W9x Kermit wouldn't have it.
W> Given that you can get 386 and lowly 486 machines for free
W> all over the place these days, most people have moved at
W> least there.
W> And there's Linux. And FreeBSD. And OS/2. Whatever.
If you had a friend who was restoring an old Model 'A' Ford
would you say "Nice car, now go buy a new one". I don't think
so.
W> So you are essentially forced to rely on what was there when
W> DOS ruled the day. And in these days most folks didn't have
W> ppp account.
No one has asked for assistance with PPP accounts. EPPPD.EXE
does PPP no problem (it's used by ARACHNE also).
W> Actually, PPP ...
W> You just can't get PPP.
Tell it to ARACHNE users. I use it every day and so does Michel.
W> for PPP, you should look at the usual TCPIP packages.
MSKermit _is_ a TCPIP package, it doesn't supply the packet
driver.
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W> But of course you don't find ZModem there. Back then, it
W> would have been considered strange to access a BBS via
W> dialup PPP.
And that was then and this is now.
W> Three words: a MMU (which lets you run Linux or FreeBSD) and
W> is part of the intel architecture from '386 on
W> minicom
W> rz/sz
Now you're saying we should change our hardware, our OS, and
stop using Kermit altogether? This is supposed to be helpful?
Should I have someone else use the computer also and just leave
the house?
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W> Around '92 or so, I tried to discuss the thing with him.
Oh my gosh, you've been online for more than 6 years, no 7
years, no that's not right. A long long time!
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N2> [...a few imprsessive Examples of kermit script usage
N2> deleted...]
W> If you absolutely must read news under DOS, just go
W> searching for Peter Tattam's Trumpet Newsreader. There used
W> to be a DOS version.
Again ... it's the challenge to do these things and share the
successes and failures. You discuss this like an avid
point-n-clicker.
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