frans@philmds.UUCP (Frans Meulenbroeks) (07/24/87)
Hi, I'm planning to use my ST every once in a while from a remote location. What I essentially want to do is some file manipulation (remove/create folder etc), and file transfer. Does anyone know about a way to accomplish this? I think a kermit server would do, but does such a beast exist? Thanks in advance! -- Frans Meulenbroeks Philips Distributed Realtime Multiprocessor System uucp: for the time being: philmds!frans
edrury@percival.UUCP (Ed Drury) (07/26/87)
Keywords:FLASH, KERMIT, Slave In article <347@philmds.UUCP> frans@philmds.UUCP (Frans Meulenbroeks) writes: >What I essentially want to do is some file manipulation (remove/create >folder etc), and file transfer. Does anyone know about a way to accomplish >this? I think a kermit server would do, but does such a beast exist? I know that ANITC magazine advertises a Kermit server which works with Flash. It is called REMOTE CONTROL ACCESSORY & KERMIT PROTOCOL. While it doesn't appear to be more than a file server it does have the nice feature of costing only 24.95. It does require Flash however. You can use the public domain program Citadel to create directories indirectly by creating directory rooms if you config it to handle remote sysop functions. You can then use xmodem to put files into your directory. I mention this with some trepidation as I have not used Citadel in that way. You can also configure Citadel to run a shell program like ASHELL and escape to it remotely. I also have not tested this. Citadel may be obtained from a number of sources and is public domain, so probably worth at least further investigation. **************************************************************************** * ..!{ucbvax,ihnp4,seismo}!tektronix!reed!percival!edrury * * * **************************************************************************** *You may have heard that a dean is to faculty as a hydrant is to a dog. * * -- Alfred Kahn * ****************************************************************************
trb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey ) (07/27/87)
In article <811@percival.UUCP> edrury@percival.UUCP (Ed Drury) writes: >In article <347@philmds.UUCP> frans@philmds.UUCP (Frans Meulenbroeks) writes: >>What I essentially want to do is some file manipulation (remove/create >>folder etc), and file transfer. Does anyone know about a way to accomplish >>this? I think a kermit server would do, but does such a beast exist? > I know that ANITC magazine advertises a Kermit server which works with >Flash. It is called REMOTE CONTROL ACCESSORY & KERMIT PROTOCOL. While it >doesn't appear to be more than a file server it does have the nice feature >of costing only 24.95. It does require Flash however. Has anyone ever gotten this to work? (Flash's kermit)...I have had nothing but problems with it (trying to talk to apollo and vax kermits). I have had good luck with pc/intercom, however. > You can use the public domain program Citadel to create directories >indirectly by creating directory rooms if you config it to handle remote >sysop functions. You can then use xmodem to put files into your directory. This would be a messy way to get outside control. I do have one idea that should work. I was just using procomm on the ST under PC-Ditto IBM-PC emulation mode. It worked very nicely (kind of slow at 9600 baud direct connect to an apollo, but the apollo never seems to talk at more than 4800 baud anyway). Procomm is a PD/shareware program on the PC that does support a remote kermit server as well as allowing you to set up procomm as a mini bbs (Procomm is primarily used as a terminal program...supporting xmodem, kermit, ymodem, wxmodem, and other protocols.) As far as I can tell, you could even set up a PC bbs like Collie or RBBS to allow remote login and drop to DOS operations from within PC-Ditto. So far everything I have tried on PC-Ditto works, although some things like my Kaypro Wordstar seem incredible slow when updating the screen (whereas stuff like word proof updates the screen much faster.) And you can even access your ST harddisk files and stuff (up to 4 'drives' on the hard disk) without any reformatting. I can see it now...All the ST people using rn are doing a 'g comp.binaries.ibm.pc'. -Todd Burkey ...ihnp4!meccts!stag!trb or trb@stag.UUCP