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Article: 13725 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: Floyd Davidson <floyd@ptialaska.net>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc,comp.unix.xenix.sco,comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Help! Trying to send files via serial modem...
Date: 24 Sep 2002 18:24:18 -0800
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rayward@metronet.com (Ray Ward) wrote:
>What I'm trying to do:
>New federal legislation requires financial institutions to check
>certain transactions against a federal database of suspected
>terrorists. To do this, my client needs to get data off of a fairly
>large number (100's) of old Xenix 2.3.2 SysV boxes (i386) to an
>off-site, modern box to do the checking. (I'm not sure that all the
>Xenix boxes are the exact same version.) Deadline's in October.
>
>My first thought was to automatically send files daily using Kermit
>from a cron(1) script to a ProCommPlus 4.8 server running in Kermit
>server mode on the client's Win2000 box. The Xenix boxes have only a
>1.2Mb 5.25 floppy and a serial port external US Robotics Sportster
>modem (ranging from 2400-14400 bps). They were bought with
>application software only, no C compiler, make, man, etc., so I have
>to find an executable file. They already have the ProCommPlus set up.
Look for the old unix programs used for the basic networking
untilities: uucico (with uucp and uux) and cu. If they exist,
just set up uucp and let it loose. Of course you might need
another unix boxen to collect the data...
--
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.ptialaska.net/~floyd>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@barrow.com