Subj : TelNetPort v0.2
To   : BEN RITCHEY
From : MICHEL SAMSON
Date : Thu Dec 09 2004 11:06 pm

Hi Ben,

     About "FYI: Telnet Shim" of December 8 and "TelnetPort online" of
December 9:

BR> TNPort02.ZIP  30,111  11-29-04  15:32:28  To bridge the gap between
BR> a DOS Packet Driver like PPPD and an Int14/Fossil driven Terminal...

     So, if i got you right, there are now two sources for this release:

          http://www.filegate.net/utiln/utilnet/tnport02.zip
           (30111 Bytes, 2004-Nov-29)

          http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/m/cmech617/tnport02.zip
           (29847 Bytes, 2004-Nov-29)

                                  ;^)

BR> ...with ZMoDem transfers...
            ^^^^^^
     *BOTH* ways and i also evaluated `Kermit' transfers with v0.1 (when
i heard of it on October 12):  the rates i observed with `RLFossil' were
about 18 % slower in comparison!  I'm afraid i haven't tried `TelNetPORT
v0.2' in a telnet://guest.sailor.lib.md.us session yet (i failed to make
it work when i used its `ZMoDem' with mine, actually).  8,-(  Anyway.  I
happened to install Doug Kaufman's DOS "port" of `Lynx v2.8.5rel.1' this
week and it's clear THIS ~TELNET~ SHIM IS WELL SUITED FOR USE BY `LYNX'!

                                  8-)

     `TCPPort.EXE' is ALREADY PRESENT in Doug's package but i didn't see
how to activate it since i'm not well acquainted with `Lynx v2.8.5' yet,
so...  Euh...  I was wondering:  would you know, by any chance, how that
late DROP-IN REPLACEMENT from Richard J. Backus should fit out there?...

                                  ;^)

     After all, it's a one-time session when a ~TelNet~ link is actuated
inside `Lynx' and no Virtual ~TelNet~ Hayes-compatible MoDem "Shim" like
`RLFossil' is required IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE - which makes `TelNetPORT
v0.2' a perfect candidate for the task!!!  I was thinking of `MS-Kermit'
as the client at 1st because `Conex'/`ZMoDem' doesn't work on Sailor and
`Conex'/`Kermit' isn't optimal but, euh...  `Lynx v2.8.5' renders Sailor
practically useless on Pentium machines so `Conex' must make good sense,
i suppose.  I'm inclosing the ~URL~ to `Lynx', for your own convenience:

          http://www.rahul.net/dkaufman/lynx2.8.5rel.1-DOSc.zip
           `Lynx v2.8.5rel.1' with `Open-SSL v0.9.7d' (2M4, 2004-Apr-18)

BR> Be well...

     You too and thanks for the gesture:  i love to see DOS still alive!

                                    Salutations,  :)

                                    Michel Samson
                                    a/s Bicephale
                                    http://public.sogetel.net/bicephale/


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