jaj@utacs.UTA.FI (Jari J{ntti) (08/10/87)
Please, anybody with ARPANET access, make the new NCSA TELNET for micros available through UUCP. Below is the original announcement seen here a while ago. Jari Jantti Computing Centre Univ. of Tampere, FINLAND JJANTTI@FINFUN.BITNET <<<original message begins>>> From: timk%newton@UXC.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Tim Krauskopf, NCSA) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Telnet for micros available Message-ID: <8706282321.AA11880@babbage.ncsa.uiuc.edu> Date: 28 Jun 87 23:41:57 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 87 --------------------------------------------- The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois has prepared and is distributing a telnet package for IBM compatibles and Macintoshes. It has many features that we haven't found in anyone else's software. If you have trouble getting it to run, make sure I get a full description of your hardware setup including DOS version. I hope you like it. Tim Krauskopf Project leader, NCSA Telnet release info: National Center for Supercomputing Applications presents: NCSA Telnet for the PC, version 1.1 NCSA Telnet for the Macintosh, version 1.1 These programs are copyrighted, but distributed in binary form with no license fee. Source code is not available. We are exploring the possibility of distributing linkable libraries which support TCP/IP. Features included in version 1.1 of NCSA Telnet: ----------------------------------------------- DARPA standard telnet Built-in standard FTP server for file transfer VT102 emulation in multiple, simultaneous sessions Class A,B and C addressing with standard subnetting Each session in a different window (Macintosh) Tektronix 4010 graphics emulation (Macintosh) Supports Croft gateway, i.e. KIP (Macintosh) Capture text to a file (PC) Full color support (PC) How to obtain: ------------- Anonymous FTP from uxc.cso.uiuc.edu in the NCSA subdirectory. The PC version is a tar file which contain binary files. After the files are extracted from the tar file, some binary transfer (e.g. kermit) should be used to download the files to the PC. The Macintosh version is several files encoded with BinHex 4.0. Download them with a similar transfer method (kermit) and use BinHex 4.0 to extract the files. Printable documentation is included with each version; the Mac documentation is in MacWrite format. After downloading, you may copy the files as often as you wish, unmodified, in binary form, with the copyright notices intact. The PC version is also on this dial-up BBS: The University of Illinois Excel project BBS: (217)333-8301 file name: NCSATEL.ARC 300-1200-2400 baud size: 85K Kermit/Xmodem On-disk copies, with a printed manual are available for $20 each, which covers handling and postage. Orders can only be accepted if accompanied by a check made out to the University of Illinois. Send to: NCSA Telnet orders (specify PC or Macintosh version) 152 Computing Applications Building 605 E. Springfield Ave. Champaign, IL 61820 Hardware required: ----------------- PC: IBM PC, AT or 100% compatible. 3COM 3C501 Etherlink board. Support for other boards planned, which would you require? Mac: Macintosh 512K, Plus, SE or Macintosh II. Kinetics, Inc. FastPath, EtherSC or Etherport SE board. Kinetics gateway software or Stanford KIP (Croft) gateway software. The best source of information about Kinetics is directly from the company. Kinetics Inc. FastPath approx. $2500 Suite 110 EtherSC approx. $1250 2500 Camino Diablo educational and volume discounts Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (415) 947-0998 Other questions: --------------- mail to telbug%newton@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu <<<<<<end of orig. msg>>>>>>>