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- The following is a description of the NCSA/BYU Telnet program...
-
- BYU has implemented a very primitive ftp client in the NCSA Telnet
- application for the Macintosh. This means that you can use this
- application to do high speed "MacBinary" transfers between Macintosh
- systems that are connected to the same network. You can also FTP
- directly from a Mac to any FTP servers (like sumex-aim at Stanford),
- which you can not do with the original NCSA Telnet application.
-
- There is no cost for this application, and the source code is
- available.
-
- Note: NCSA is not responsible for maintenance of this version, so
- please don't bother them with problem reports.
-
- This ftp client is implemented in the non-Mac "command and scroll" style
- (of older and lower life forms). We're making this version available
- now for others who need the outgoing ftp capability and aren't fussy
- about interface elegance.
-
- We haven't had time to produce documentation yet, so use the documentation
- provided by NCSA for now. Some minor improvements are as follows:
- 1. During a "telnet" session pressing the "shift" key before you press
- "command" F (to send the "FTP" command) supresses the UNIX "-n"
- parameter, so you can use it to ftp to non UNIX systems.
- 2. Under the "Session" menu, when the "Clear Screen Enabled" item is
- disabled it allows overlaying plots in the graphics window. (Actually,
- this only disables the "form feed" character).
-
- Known problems:
- 1. Only one outgoing ftp session can be active at one time, but it does
- work okay with simultaneous Telnet sessions and incoming ftp activity.
- 2. The "mget" function does not handle directories properly yet.
- 3. Both the "mget" and "mput" functions will not prompt to verify
- filenames before sending.
-
- The latest version is 2.3.2 which is available for anonymous ftp from...
-
- machine ip number username password
-
- zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu (128.174.20.50) anonymous guest
- noc.byu.edu (128.187.7.2) anonymous guest
-
- On NCSA's "zaphod" system it's in the "NCSA_Telnet/contributions directory.
- On BYU's "noc" system it's in the "pub" directory.
-
- We're open to suggestions and problem reports at the email addresses below.
- This is not a commitment to provide maintenance support, and since we're
- busy we might not be able to respond promptly but we try.
-
- Regards,
- Jim Logan
- bitnet: loganj@byuvax.bitnet
- internet: loganj@yvax.byu.edu
-