Subj : IRex/TransX
To : MANLEY HUBBELL
From : MICHEL SAMSON
Date : Fri Aug 30 2002 05:16 am
Hi Manley,
About your post of August 29 (possibly related to `IRex'/`TransX'):
MH> ...IBM [5150]... ...360 5.25 floppy disks... ...DOS and a BBS to
MH> answer incoming calls... ...com program... ...LYNX connection...
MS> On a set of two 5.25"/360 Kb diskettes i as well would have a ~PPP~
MS> DialUp packet-driver included; `MS-Kermit v3.16 BETA 10' would
MS> complete `LSPPP v0.8' nicely and it integrates a server...
MH> I can NOT at this time follow?
Hummm... Could it because you didn't exactly quote the right part?
MS> ...one doesn't need to rely on other external ressources like a
MS> FreeNet... ...a two decades old 8088 4,77 Mhz 512 Kb ~RAM~ PC can
MS> connect with a ~PPP~ DialUp ~ISP~ and allow for ~TelNet~/~FTP~...
My point here is that a 5150 can do this but i'm not implying there
is a piece of SoftWare in existance that would match your needs exactly;
i just know that the user-side of the equation would require that little
if only the `Kermit' file transfer protocol were more popular... SysOps
may have special needs, yet it doesn't take much to transfer a file; an
~FTP~ transfer would do for a SysOp but as a user i still haven't seen a
lot of BBSes where it's been put to good use, in .QWK/BW ~OLMR~ doors...
Salutations,
Michel Samson
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