Subj : Pure DOS TelNet Kermit To : Michel Samson From : mark lewis Date : Thu Nov 04 2004 03:00 pm MS> Hi Mark, MS> About "Pure DOS TelNet Kermit" of November 3: ML>> ...i (finally) saw that you had uploaded a private package to me... ML>> ...you still wanting to do/try something with it... ...?... MS>> I didn't change my mind... ...though... ...i forgot what's in... ML>> ...you marked it as "sysop's eyes only"... MS> It would help if you could remind me the file-name of MS> this archive. KERMIT!.ZIP - with a description about gathered from carsomething in canada... ML>> I was just not wanting you to be jaded about sending some info this ML>> way and then nothing ever being done with it... MS> You must be the 3rd `OS/2' SysOp with who i discussed MS> `Kermit' this year, so far; this year? try in the last 2 years ;) MS> consider that you're likely MS> to get the better part of the deal since i MS> identified/collected some of the needed information already MS> and it wouldn't be a 1st time, anyway (i've been "jaded" MS> before)... %-) well, the archive data is 6 june 2002 and your first logon to my system was the month before ;) the archive contains three .bat files and two ini files... the .bat files appear to be executing the mskermit stuff... ML>> My biggest problem is to decide if i should go with native OS/2 ML>> flavor of whatever or go with a DOS flavor... MS> That's my problem as well: i don't run a BBS and much MS> less `OS/2'. i can understand... i can also understand how the BBS side settings can be different than the user's side settings... MS> Here's what i learned. `C-Kermit 5A(190)' of November MS> 16, 1994 was the last release WITH A 16-BITS `OS/2' VERSION MS> INCLUDED. I can't do any test with it in a `W32' DOS box MS> but it seems the "ReSend" feature (which would support MS> Transfer Recovery), the passing of File Attributes and the MS> ~REXX~ interface were finally supported there. The LAST MS> RELEASE was `C-Kermit 5A(191)' of April 24, 1995; you get MS> NO 16-BITS VERSION IN IT and don't expect too much out of a MS> 32-Bits build because of a bug, i'm told. In short, forget MS> about a cure for bugs introduced in `C-Kermit 5A(190)'! depending on the bugs, they may not even come into play on some setups... MS> As far as i'm concerned i bet on `MS-Kermit' - a much MS> better choice in terms of maturity: October 12, 2003 for MS> v3.16 and September 17, 1997 for v3.15 - and it's also the MS> 2nd most stable DOS program i ever used... ok... that would also limit me to implementing the DOS version... i might have to see if i can locate an OS/2 version like others are using... maybe i'll see about getting hold of juge and getting hold of what he has... MS> If you go for the later then i recommend that you take a MS> peek here: MS> http://fidonet.sensationconten MS> t.com/echomail/searchlight/f742a4263556c006.html MS> This late setup includes all of the ~URL~s you'd need, in MS> any case. MS> ;-) MS> The one archive which i didn't include yet can be found MS> right here: MS> ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/archives/cko190.zip (790 MS> Kb) MS> The 16-Bits `C-Kermit 5A(189)' executable CAN be tested MS> under `W32' environments, which is important because the MS> command-line differs a lot; the features enumerated above are MS> absent from this older version but i'm hoping that's sufficient MS> for me to figure out a few things from it. ;^) the command line is generally where i set most things to run from... i have a few protocols that have seperate ini files referenced on their command lines, though... hslink and hydracom being two that i can think of right offhand... MS> Perhaps you'd be well advised to read the related thread MS> started in `FdN_TeleGard' by Sean Dennis, any details which i MS> may have forgot could have been discussed out there: Sean is MS> also an `OS/2' SysOp, after all. yes, i'm aware... i don't carry the telegard echo, though... might be able to locate some info in the archives at fidosensation... )\/(ark * Origin: (1:3634/12) .