Hi Manley,

About your post of August 29 (possibly related to `IRex'/`TransX'):

...IBM [5150]... ...360 5.25 floppy disks... ...DOS and a BBS to
answer incoming calls... ...com program... ...LYNX connection...

On a set of two 5.25"/360 Kb diskettes i as well would have a ~PPP~
DialUp packet-driver included; `MS-Kermit v3.16 BETA 10' would
complete `LSPPP v0.8' nicely and it integrates a server...

I can NOT at this time follow?

Hummm... Could it because you didn't exactly quote the right part?

...one doesn't need to rely on other external ressources like a
FreeNet... ...a two decades old 8088 4,77 Mhz 512 Kb ~RAM~ PC can
connect with a ~PPP~ DialUp ~ISP~ and allow for ~TelNet~/~FTP~...

My point here is that a 5150 can do this but i'm not implying there
is a piece of SoftWare in existance that would match your needs exactly;
i just know that the user-side of the equation would require that little
if only the `Kermit' file transfer protocol were more popular... SysOps
may have special needs, yet it doesn't take much to transfer a file; an
~FTP~ transfer would do for a SysOp but as a user i still haven't seen a
lot of BBSes where it's been put to good use, in .QWK/BW ~OLMR~ doors...

Salutations,

Michel Samson
www3.sympatico.ca/bicephale
a/s Bicephale


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if only the `Kermit' file transfer protocol were more popular...

Well? I quoted line 21 above {except for the SysOps part which wrapped} ----------------------
Like i've already stated B4 [ mostly i use Zmodem to transfer files ]
I guess its because its semi-automatic and begin's to download at the Z =======================================================================
as far as what really happens {I do not know} [I guessed it was tcp?
TCP # transmission control protocol :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
whatever that inplies, maybe i sould get out a book { from the 80's }
and try to piece together exactly what happens when a Z or K gets sent ??????????????????????????????????????
the Z i knows automated a bit more ... and thus its popularity
K requires additional instruction to start the process [i think]?
//tilt\\ currently i've not a clue WHERE in the Telix pogram to look
for the actuall Kermit code {nor Zmodem 4that matter} i've seen
external Zmodem protocall programs and that would be WHERE i would start
were i to start a long term research into TCP. I probably wont, as i
suspect the real blockaid($) to be elsewhere ? Like maybe near ?/?
ICMP # internet control message protocol
IGMP # internet group multicast protocol
__Line 22 6:43 P.M. PST {this message was about "Kermit" (Maybe)}

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