Subj : LSPPPDlr 2003
To : MATT GILBERT
From : MICHEL SAMSON
Date : Fri Dec 03 2004 07:05 pm
Hi Matt, [2nd try: this post didn't fully propagate]
About "Topic steering" of November 28 in two parts:
MG> Tell me more about your 'commo' program, you say it will do
MG> a ppp dial up connection and telnet?
I've been made aware of the two posts you addressed to me elsewhere
but it happens that those who took over the echo got me banned because i
disagreed with Off-Topic discussions going on forever - hence the "Topic
steering" title... %-b, I'll post replies here, if you don't mind! :>
-=*=-
1st of all, the thread to which you refer should have made it clear
that `{Commo}' ISN'T FROM ME so i gather you didn't go thru it but i was
just expressing my gratefulness after i read that the author passed out.
Now, relatively to your topic, it will be somewhat more appropriate
to refer to my `LSPPPDlr' "GlueWare". :) So, what is `LSPPPDlr'? What
does it accomplish?... Well, i've proved that ~TelNet~ BBSing should be
ACCESSIBLE TO PRACTICALLY EVERYONE, despite the limitations of their PC;
i used my 8088 PC to BBS via ~PPP~ for a year (during 2000), actually...
MG> I've been experimenting with several in my attempts to do telnetting
MG> into bbs'ing, but haven't found any that will let me download files
MG> from bbs, other than kermit for DOS, which is painfully slow.
Have you ever been curious about combining `RLFossil' to `{Commo}'s
`ZMoDem' or `MS-Kermit's same-name file transfer protocol? This is what
allowed me to transfer my .QWK/.REP (.ZIP) binary files under "pure DOS"
setups for years... I also tried to share my findings whenever possible
but i believe nobody else expressed that much interrest since my project
started!... It would be a pleasure to discuss it further, to be honest.
%-)
MG> If you can point me to a download of commo... I'd like to try this
MG> commo terminal program of yours...
My ~WEB~ site remains active for such occasions and i made the site
bilingual to help people forget about my French-Canadian origins, simply
follow the "English Version" link!!! I thought some hands-on experience
could save us time and energy so i finally published `2K3UpDat.ZIP', for
your own convenience. Search for my "GlueWare" link from the main page,
then use the "2K3UpDat" link on my 2003 Up-Date page or type this ~URL~:
http://public.sogetel.net/bicephale/2K3UpDat.ZIP (140 Kb, 2004-Dec-3)...
I mentioned my UpDate page as well because the links over there are
going to ease the replication of my setup and today's archive is to make
my late additions (like the configuration "Wizard") available too. This
GlueWare can help DOS BBSers in managing with packet-drivers but there's
been so little feedback i waited for an intervention like yours to get a
new archive On-Line - which explains why that's no clean version... ;-)
Compared to the previous edition, the [F10] key is now redefined so
that the macro short-cuts menu has a more intuitive location but changes
like this one may not reflect in the documentation yet. The router item
(which i added after i practically stopped using ~PPP~ DialUp this year)
is another undocumented feature example and it isn't the definitive form
anyway (i'd like to select an ~NIC~ from the dialing directory, like the
rest) but i still have hope that it will be sufficient to get you going;
the `LSPPPDlr' UpDate gives you access to the setup i have, in any case.
The `LSPPPDlr' GlueWare concept observes author rights, which means
`{Commo}' ISN'T part of the archive even if it's the main engine. There
are only batch-files and macros in `LSPPPDlr' but i tried to ease things
up a bit (at the begining it was a Stand-Alone BBS/INet diskette and the
setup was even more complicated)... `{Commo}'s versatile macro-language
makes customization simple, this is what allowed me to configure a ~PPP~
packet-driver, set `WatTCP' DOS environment variables and launch `EPPPD'
or `LSPPP' in a breeze. `{Commo}' seems to be rejuvenated, as a result.
Both local DialUp or ~TelNet~ BBS access are now allowed and i also
wrote/read ~E-Mail~s/~News~ with it (i still do ~E-Mail~s on occasions).
-=*=-
Oh, euh... I appreciate the feedback but use my true name, PLEASE!
%-)
Salutations,
Michel Samson <- Not "Michael"...
a/s Bicephale ^
http://public.sogetel.net/bicephale/
... Used: LEGACY DOS Packet-Driver + RLFossil + {Commo}/`ZMoDem' + .QWK
--- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.45 - Lets try TelNettable BBSes with OLMR doors!
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