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
                                            www3.sympatico.ca/bicephale
                                            a/s Bicephale


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