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From: [e-mail] (Brian Kodl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted
Subject: Summary: auto downloading modem communication software
Keywords: modem, communication, downloading
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 4 Sep 92 16:25:12 GMT
Organization: EDS Research, Dallas, TX 75230
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Here is a list of responses suggesting different modem communication packages
for automatically downloading files. I'm probably going to use qmodem. It has
an easy to use scripting language and it is the only one I've looked at so
far :-).

Thanks for all of the responses,
Brian Kodl

suggested software packages: qmodem, telix, pro-yam, procomm, procomm plus,
                             mirror III, and crosstalk

comments/responses on the aforementioned packages:

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From uunet!jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu!plecs_b  Fri Aug 28 11:02:50 1992
From: Michael B Plecs <uunet!jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu!plecs_b>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Wanted: auto downloading modem communication software
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date:     Fri, 28 Aug 1992 10:59:45 -0400
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I personally use Qmodem (available on wuarchive:/mirrors/msdos/qmodem), with
which it is a piece of cake to write a script to autodownload stuff.  The
hard part will be parsing the input to find which files you actually want.

Telix may also have this capability, but I haven't been using Telix for
over a year now....

LC
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From uunet!B.PSC.EDU!BPLECS  Sat Aug 29 23:05:06 1992
Date:     Sat, 29 Aug 1992 22:14:07 -0400
From: uunet!B.PSC.EDU!BPLECS (BRAD PLECS)
To: <edsr!midearthmail!bjk>
Subject: RE: Wanted: auto downloading modem communication software
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As a matter of fact, I just looked at the timer-type function in Qmodem a
couple of weeks ago.  The command WAITUNTIL will wait until a specified time
(not date, to the best of my knowledge)...

for instance,

WaitUntil 23:30:00

Will stop and sit until 11:30 PM before proceeding to the next line in the
script.

(See Qmodem documentation, p. 236, Qmodem v4.31)

By executing dos shell commands and the Qmodem script file functions, it would
be pretty simple to set up a routine that stores the day of the week in a
variable, which you can then check within your script program.

LC

PS -- You will probably be interested in grabbing Qmodem v4.31,
in wuarchive.wustl.edu:/mirrors/msdos/qmodem.  There is also a test version
of v4.5, but I found it to be relatively buggy.
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From uunet!lambada.oit.unc.edu!Timothy.Satterfield  Sat Aug 29 15:10:14 1992
From: uunet!lambada.oit.unc.edu!Timothy.Satterfield
Subject: Autodownloading
To: [e-mail]
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 8:44:51 EDT
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>
>Article 7129 (7 more) in comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted:
>From: [e-mail] (Brian Kodl)
>Subject: Wanted: auto downloading modem communication software
>Keywords: auto, downloading, modem
>Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
>Date: 28 Aug 92 02:47:59 GMT
>Organization: EDS Research, Dallas, TX 75230
>Lines: 12
>
>I'm looking for communication software, or any combination of software,
>that (given a list of dates) will automatically download files from a BBS.
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks (in advance),
>Brian Kodl
>
>Configuration:
>    486/33
>    Windows3.1
>    Dos5.0
>    Maxfax internal modem, 2400 data / 9600 fax
>

Sounds like you should look at "Pro-Yam" from Omen Technologies. This
seems to be latest with the mostest: including downloading across networks
(!). These are the folks who gave us ZMODEM-90 (tm).


--
Timothy Satterfield    KD4MYN
(who hopes to have a real .signature file on the new Lambada bbs)
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From uunet!usdtsg.daytonoh.ncr.com!anisko  Sun Aug 30 22:47:15 1992
From: uunet!usdtsg.daytonoh.ncr.com!anisko
To: psinntp!rpi!gatech!ncar!unmvax!bbx!tantalum!edsr![e-mail]
Subject: Re: Wanted: auto downloading modem communication software
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Organization: NCR Corporation, Dayton
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 19:11:00 EDT
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In article <[e-mail]> you write:
>I'm looking for communication software, or any combination of software,
>that (given a list of dates) will automatically download files from a BBS.
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks (in advance),
>Brian Kodl

   Procomm (and Procomm Plus) as well as Telix will auto-download using the
zmodem protocol (basically, "mark" the files you want to download on the
BBS (however the BBS software lets you do it) and then download batch
zmodem - and Procomm (or whatever) should kick in...

                    Robert Anisko
                    [e-mail]
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From uunet!wx.gtegsc.com!rariss  Mon Aug 31 15:07:28 1992
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 12:32:27 -0700
From: uunet!wx.gtegsc.com!rariss (Rushdi Ariss)
To: [e-mail] (Brian Kodl)
Subject: Wanted: auto downloading modem communication software
Content-Length: 244


    Try the program Mirror III.  It has a scripting utility that will
allow you to auto-execute any series of searches, based on time, name, etc.
I know that it's not shareware, but it does do what you want.  Best of luck!

    Rushdi A. Ariss
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From uunet!edsews!tsd.eds.com!bryan  Mon Aug 31 18:08:13 1992
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 09:03:01 EDT
From: uunet!tsd.eds.com!bryan
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Wanted: auto downloading modem communication software
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Organization: Electronic Data Systems
Cc:
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Hello fellow EDS'er

I do not believe that such a package exists, but many communication
packages have a script language that is intelligent enough to be
able to do the required task that you have.  You just have to code
it.

Look at Procomm Plus, Procomm Plus for Windows, Crosstalk, etc
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From uunet!sobeco.sobeco.com!alawrenc  Mon Aug 31 18:08:19 1992
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 18:48:57 -0400
From: "a.lawrence" <uunet!sobeco.com!alawrenc>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Wanted: auto downloading modem communication software
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Reply-To: uunet!sobeco.com!alawrenc
Organization: Lawrence & Assc.
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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer you write:

>I'm looking for communication software, or any combination of software,
>that (given a list of dates) will automatically download files from a BBS.
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.

>Thanks (in advance),
>Brian Kodl

I would suggest Telix 3.15.  It is a shareware communications program
with a "c" like script language.  Personnally, I find it to be the
communications program available, with buildin *working* support for
a wide range of protocols from Kermit to Zmodem.  The are also a
number of script packages for Telix available to do what you want.
One I have used for autodialing BBS's and downloading messages and
files is called QMM.  The version I have is 2.2, but that is fairly
old (3-4 years).  I you want more info, just ask.

--
On a clear disk you can seek forever.
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