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From: Igor Sobrado <igor@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: MS-DOS Kermit: release 3.15 or 3.16?
Date: 6 Sep 2006 15:59:53 +0200
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Eberhard Lisse <nospam@lisse.na> wrote:
>
> You can get reasonable PCs for 200-300 Euro these days, put up linux and
> if you really feel retro bring MS-DOS up on WINE. Then you do some
> serious searching for the SIMTEL archieves where you should find an
> assembler that should get Kermit 3.16. There was a very decent MAKE.EXE
> out there if I recall correctly.
>
> But if it's only a terminal you are looking for, ATerm on the iMini
> comes to mind, and C-Kermit runs there too.
Hello, el.
The main reason for using that computer is that, if it is not in use,
it will be dropped in a wastebasket. It is a good and quiet Siemens
computer with an excellent keyboard and a LCD display. The quality
of that display is only comparable to the black-on-white display
on my Siemens Nixdorf 97801 terminal.
I know that it is not the state on the art on computing. I have other
systems (mainly Sun SPARCs, SGI workstations and HP servers) more
powerful. For i386-based computers, I certainly prefer OpenBSD or
NetBSD: lightweight, secure and powerful high-quality operating systems.
It is just that I do not want to see that computer in a wastebasket.
I started using MS-DOS Kermit 15 years ago, to establish a 1200 bps
connection from my house to a VAX system running OpenVMS at the
Department of Chemistry of my University. I just do not want to see
this 286 computer in a wastebasket, that is the reason I asked for it.
For a simple terminal, a small 386+ computer with a BSD or Linux operating
system and cu(1) is just perfect, agreed.
Best regards,
Igor.