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- MINITEL
- February 10, 1985
-
- This library contains a revised version of Tom Jennings'
- Minitel communications program, dated January 20, 1985.
-
- For those of you who may be unfamiliar with Minitel, its
- greatest asset is the wide range of file transfer protocols that
- it supports. The current version supports Xmodem, Modem7 (batch
- transfers), Telink (a variant of Modem7 that includes file dates
- and times) and Kermit. Where applicable, both Checksum and
- Cyclic Redundancy Checking (CRC) are supported.
-
- The latest version also supports VT102 terminal emulation
- and any baud rate that your computer is capable of handling.
- Other features are described in the doc file.
-
- The greatest drawback to Minitel is that it does not support
- auto-dialing. Alas, I guess Tom has to make a living, too. A
- more complete version of Minitel with autodialing and other
- features must be purchased.
-
- A word of warning: The "minitel.pat" file explains how to
- use debug to change some of the defaults of the program. A note
- on Tom's Fido system says that not all of the addresses are
- correct!
-
- The version of Minitel in this library is for the IBM PC and
- compatibles (including the not-so-compatible PC AT). Other
- versions of Minitel are currently available on Tom's Fido system
- for the Tandy 2000, IBM PC Jr., Sanyo 550 and the Otrona 8:16. A
- version for the TI Professional is under development.
-
- Even with the limitations mentioned above, I believe Minitel
- is the best MS-DOS file transfer program currently available in
- the public domain. I often find that I use another program for
- autodialing and then switch to Minitel after I have made the
- connection. The program can be best appreciated when used with a
- Fido BBS system, but I encourage you to also use it when calling
- my board so that you can use CRC error checking for file
- transfers.
-
-
- Robert Blacher, Sysop
- Computer Connections, Washington, D.C.
- (202) 547-2008