lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (01/21/85)
From lauren Sun Jan 20 19:20 PST 1985 remote from vortex Date: Sun, 20-Jan-85 19:20:11 PST From: Lauren Weinstein <vortex!lauren@RAND-UNIX.ARPA> Subject: an added MSDOS UUCP feature Message-ID: <8501201920.500.0.VT1.00C@vortex.UUCP> To: UNIX-WIZARDS@BRL By the way, in answer to several queries, I came up with a way to allow users direct remote dialup access to their MSDOS systems as part of my package. Obviously there are limitations (such as not being able to run programs that REQUIRE the PC keyboard/screen interface) but many programs, including the mail/rdmail programs in the package, will work via dialup. So it is possible to call up your system and send/receive mail remotely. To make this a little easier, the specification for your default (per-user) editor for "mail" allows two entries, one for local use, and one to be executed when you've dialed up remotely. So typically you specify a display editor for local use and a line-oriented editor for remote use. Also in response to various requests, the package now has support for triple-speed modems (such as some of the new 300/1200/2400 bps units). You can either toggle through speeds with BREAK in the familiar fashion, or you can wire your modem's speed indicator line directly to the port for automatic selection between two default speeds if that's more convenient for you. I *think* I've covered all the bases on this, and so far I haven't been able to find a modem that my code won't support (so long as it has standard DTR/carrier detect available and working). The user/install docs are a pain, but are in progress now. --Lauren--