Hello Anthony - ---------- [...] > >> Well, one suggestion that I would have would be to set up a program > >> like "kermit" on both sides, and use its file-transfer abilities to > >> move the files across the serial port and a null-modem cable. Probably > >> not as fast as PPP, but if the machines are close together, should be > >> fairly easy to implement, switching back and forth between the > >> consoles. This is how I've done it with DOS, many times. > > > >I'm guessing from your signature you work at a University? > > > >Seems Kermit is a hard sell otherwise but academia is well aware > >of it's usefulness, or so it seems. > > > >Good to know there are other fans of DOS MSKermit out there.
> Yes, I do work at a USA university. It has its ups and downs, like any > job. That wasn't a `dig'. I know from many years of using MSKermit that academia considers kermit a useful tool while other PC users think kermit is old/dead software. > Kermit is merely the one that comes to mind most easily, as it's > common, not too hard to find, and free, and has versions for nearly > every OS out there. Others outside of academia aren't aware that it is available for many OS nor is it `common' in their toolbox. >There are lots of other telecommunications > programs which can perform similar tasks. For the most part, we rarely > use Kermit at my workplace. Since there is an Ethernet network to most > rooms, we usually use the network servers for transferring information, > these days. But back when I started in the computer business, we used > to hand-assemble packets, write them out on paper, then carry them over > to the next machine, and toggle them in on the front panel. :-) I am past the half-century mark, you must be senior to me by a few years. My first `computer' class wasn't called a computer class. It was titled "Automated Office Machines" - IBM keypunch. I was 17 at the time and the teacher in High School took me into the hall and advised me not to take the class seriously since it was primarilly considered "women's work" by businesses. Advice from HS teachers is worth what you pay for the advice. Charles.Angelich DOS the Ghost in the Machine! Family And Friends wepages - Multimedia orginal stories with animation and sound, poetry, music, and photography: http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/faf Tech pages for DOS and W31 at: http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
