lauri@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Georges Lauri) (07/16/88)
-------- I'm looking for a simple mac background communication program that can provide a very minimal unattended file transfer capability. Since we have a mixed machine park, i'd like the thing to be as universal as a Un*x remote login (i.e., all straight ASCII), with the usual simple filesystem and upload/download commands, for binary and ascii files. Error control is no issue as we are using MNP modems. If you know of such a beast, please email to me, i'll post a summary. Georges Lauri lauri@svax.cs.cornell.edu
hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) (07/17/88)
In article <19329@cornell.UUCP> lauri@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Georges Lauri) writes: >-------- > >I'm looking for a simple mac background communication program that >can provide a very minimal unattended file transfer capability. >Since we have a mixed machine park, i'd like the thing to be >as universal as a Un*x remote login (i.e., all straight ASCII), >with the usual simple filesystem and upload/download commands, >for binary and ascii files. Error control is no issue as we are >using MNP modems. >If you know of such a beast, please email to me, i'll post a summary. > Georges Lauri > lauri@svax.cs.cornell.edu IN response to this and another poster who asked about differences between Versaterm 3.1 and 3.2, one of the things Versaterm added in 3.2 is a very nice upload/download driver. THe remote machine can request directories, and tell the mac to send or recieve, in any given protocol. SInce Versaterm already supports backgrounding in general, this ought to do it. All commands are simple ascii control strings. Josh ------------------------- Josh Hodas (hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu) 4223 Pine Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 222-7112 (home) (215) 898-9515 (school office)
lauri@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Georges Lauri) (07/17/88)
----- This is to clarify the previous posting on background comms. While the program should be universal, the principal thing it should be able to do is to receive calls unattended, and then to allow any user (i.e., even non-mac) to down/upload files. Sort of a mini-bulletin board. As a start, is this possible in Microphone //? I've heard it's good... Georges Lauri lauri@svax.cs.cornell.edu
lauri@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Georges Lauri) (07/22/88)
---------------- The Quest for Background communications: A while ago, I posted a message asking for information about a comm program that could -run in the background -provide unattended remote access to my files from any computer, i.e. in pure ASCII terminal form; something like a remote login -upload/download, unattended, with or without error correction (Kermit or Xmodem); this is not indispensible, as we are using secure (MNP) modems most of the time. -password protection (please!) -support generic hayes-compatible modems (I own a Microcom AX/9600+, which crashes Smartcomm //) Basically, the responses have indicated three possibilities, but without going into details. jfbrule@cmx.npac.syr.edu (Jim Brule) writes: >I'd strongly recommend Microphone II, especially since it has the nicest >'scripting' (ie, programmability) I've seen, but is extremely simple to >use. It supports kermit, macbinary, etc., etc. I am a very happy user of it... hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) writes: >IN response to this and another poster who asked about differences between >Versaterm 3.1 and 3.2, one of the things Versaterm added in 3.2 is a very >nice upload/download driver. THe remote machine can request directories, and >tell the mac to send or recieve, in any given protocol. SInce Versaterm >already supports backgrounding in general, this ought to do it. All commands >are simple ascii control strings. beloin@tcgould.TN.CORNELL.EDU writes: >Red Ryder will do what you want through its scripting language. A >little bit a programming to set it up, but not much diffuculty, I >believe. It has a "host mode". I'm not sure if the mac can be used >for anything else while this is running, however. (...) schoaff@cs.cornell.edu (Peter Schoaff) told me about a shareware BBS system, WWIV, which runs on the Mac. However, it would need a significant reworking to be suitable for this task, and the sources are not available. Hence, the three possibilities of Microphone //, RR, and Versaterm 3.2 are open. Has anyone out there actually used these programs as I suggest, and can you report on the "holes" in those postings; specifically -Has someone written Microphone scripts for this? given the cost, I'm a bit leery to just buy it and try it -Any comments about Versaterm 3.2? Backgrounding? So far it looks like the winner. -Does RR work in the background (MF)? Is it reliable? Could you, for instance, remotely display a directory? Please Email any reponses to me, i'll make a summary and tell you about my own experiences with setting up the system. Georges Lauri lauri@svax.cs.cornell.edu
Mark_Peter_Cookson@cup.portal.com (07/23/88)
Red Ryder (10.3) will backgound for downloads, and so I guess it will for the rest as it is hard to do one without doing the other. You could easily write a script for password protection (I think the command would be "PROMPT psswrd") that would make it wait for the string psswrd to come in over the modem and until it did Red would just sit there and look stupid. After that (if you were in host mode) it would wait for you to give it a command such as SENDX HD name:Folder name:file name and it would start an XMODEM transfer of that file. And the command RECX (plus pathname, or at least file name) will start it ready to receive your file you are about to send it. This could also be used as a sorta clumbsy way of sending messasge back and forth (you would have to know the "address" of someone and then just download their mail, and to send them a message you would simply upload a message to them by a name they knew so they could download it). I hope that helps you out. Mark Cookson