Subj : LSPPPDlr 2003
To : MARK LEWIS
From : MICHEL SAMSON
Date : Sun Dec 12 2004 02:10 pm
Hi Mark,
About "LSPPPDlr 2003" of December 11:
MS> ...`{Commo} v7.7' and `Telix v3.51' do support ~INT-14~/~FOSSIL~...
ML> Interesting... Very interesting...
`{Commo}' is handy for sure. Its full range of interfaces tells us
how much quality was put in it, i couldn't think of anything else for my
external ~PPP~ dialer once i discovered it and the fact that it works as
the ~TelNet~ client too (instead of having to use two separate pieces of
SoftWare) only confirms that it wasn't counter-productive to investigate
a while before i became more involved with external dialers, eventually.
8^)
MS> ...an image is worth a thousand words... ...command-line samples:
MS> RLFossil.EXE 2 1 "Commo.EXE /:INT-14 /{*1,,3,V,}"
ML> What versions of {COMMO}, Telix and RLFossil are those, please?
As i mentioned above, `{Commo}' is version v7.7 (the last one there
was before its source-code and author both disapeared). As for `Telix',
i'm refering to version 3.51 but you tell me if it's the last release...
;^)
MS> I must confess that the matter of local connection speed (~DTE~,
MS> isn't it?) sure sounds somewhat "elusive" since i get rate peaks
MS> around 4K cps (both on `{Commo}' and `Telix') but there's no
MS> significant drop when i set `Telix' for a 9K6 bps connection... if
MS> i use `MS-kermit' with `RLFossil' instead then my connect speed
MS> shows as "unknown"... In any case, the Serial-Port `{Commo}' or
MS> `Telix' would use is defined right on `RLFossil's Command-Line!...
ML> ...the equipment is not hampered by hardware (aka uart) speed...
ML> ...ms-kermit either doesn't have a matching connect speed or doesn't
ML> recognise what it may be being told is the connection speed...
I have found that the behavior of ~BIOS INT-14~/~FOSSIL~ compatible
terminal emulators varied significantly when i investigated them but the
"unknown" result returned by `MS-Kermit' was said to make perfect sense,
according to its maintainers at the Columbia university. From memory, i
believe their reasoning was it's the ~FOSSIL~ driver's responsability to
manage it, usually (it sounds about true of `X00', `ADF' and the suite).
ML> My bbs does that with telix all the time... When a user logs off,
ML> my system fires up telix... ...and runs a script to fetch the
ML> session's stats from the modem...
BBSes depend on a fully compliant level 5 ~FOSSIL~ driver which can
support application swapping even when the Serial-Ports are still "Hot",
i wish `RLFossil' were compliant enough to support the use of a `ZMoDem'
protocol driver run from `MS-Kermit's terminal interface, or vice-versa!
8,-(
Right now, i can "share" connections (alternately) using `LSPPPDlr'
with `MS-Kermit' run as a protocol-driver - when used via `COM/IP' - but
not with `RLFossil' (the later reboots my PC instead)!... I wonder what
feedback i'd get from a person like Sylvain Lauzon (he was knowledgeable
enough about `RLFossil' to get me a 8088 built which didn't exist on the
Net), euh... i have to wonder if he wouldn't happen to know where to go
for the source-code or, maybe, even a quick fix. `TelNet Port' suffered
from the same problem when i checked, i may be stuck with this for ever!
%-o
ML> ...if one is handy with debug or other capable software, one can
ML> redefine the BIOS table of serial and parallel port addresses...
Back in days when i played with `Z-80' code, a concept like double-
Byte numbers with their most significant Byte last made sense but that's
all history now, i depend on the talent of others for my modest hobby...
;-)
MS> ...drop me a note when you're ready to try `MS-Kermit' as an `OS/2'
MS> external file-transfer protocol-driver on a `Maximus' BBS!
ML> ...on a RemoteAccess BBS since i don't run Maximus "out front"...
Good! 8-) Anyway, i must meditate on the meaning of the riddle...
Salutations, ;-)
Michel Samson
a/s Bicephale
http://public.sogetel.net/bicephale/
... Windows made your old AT look better, now it's the other way around!
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