info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) (11/16/84)
From: Stewart_French <french%ti-eg.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa> For those interested, I connect into an ARPA TAC here in the Dallas area and connect to USC-ECLB where I have an account. I have been able to transfer .HEX and .DL files without problems. But .RSRC file transfer had been out of reach. I formed a question and mailed to info-mac but it was either never received or never posted. Maybe this message will make it onto the BBoard. I have figured out how to transfer executable images up and down through an ARPA TAC. I call into the local TAC at 1200 baud, 8-bits, no parity. The commands that you must give the TAC are: @B O S @B I S I do not know what it does, however it does work. Macintosh Kermit can transfer 8 bit data after executing this command. Note that @B I S causes the '@' to lose any significance so this must be the last command that you execute. Also, nothing else must be done. No special commands to kermit, at either end. When you logout from the host at the other end of the TAC the '@' regains its significance. Stewart French french%ti-eg @ csnet-relay
info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) (11/17/84)
From: cracraft@sri-tsca I think @B O S and @B I S mean binary output set and binary input set, e.g. they enable 8-bit. Does that sound logical? Stuart
info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) (11/17/84)
From: Devon S. McCullough <DEVON@MIT-ML> @Binary Output Start makes your TAC send the TELNET command sequence IAC DO TRBIN, requesting your host to send you 8-bit binary data instead of 7-bit ASCII. The host replies with IAC WILL TRBIN, which turns off padding and suchlike which are normally done by the TAC. @Binary Input Start makes the TAC send IAC WILL TRBIN, telling your host you will now be sending 8 bit binary data, the host responds with IAC DO TRBIN, and the TAC sends 8 bits without intercepting @, etc. The right way to do this is to have it done by the program on the host, so that the user need never know it was even necessary. When the program exits it can send the IAC DONT TRBIN and IAC WONT TRBIN which correspond to the TAC commands @Binary Input End and @Binary Output End, restoring the TELNET connection to a normal state. Modem programs typically check to see if the user is on a TELNET connection and do this, and double all hex FF data characters so they won't be taken as IAC's by the arpanet. I just logged into the MIT-TAC and it asked me for a password, after telling me a guest password to use. When real passwords are installed in a month or so I fear that's the last y'all will be hearing from me. Anyone have UUCP for the Mac yet? --Devon