help@kendra.kew.com (Drew Derbyshire - UUPC/extended Help Desk) (09/13/90)
People seem to be calling kendra for UUPC/extended again, so I have
re-enabled the kermit server. This time I am enforcing when you can
call, so if the system is called at the wrong time, it will announce
"closed, please call back" and hang up on you.
Some people are also asking me to mail UUPC/extended to them; as noted
below, I don't accept such requests because of bandwidth and software
restrictions with kendra. However, if someone wants to post the source
and/or binaries to the net, they are welcome to. (Not to THIS group of
course; that's bad manners!)
Details follow ....
Note: This document was revised on 13 September 1990.
The current release of UUPC/extended is available via:
Anonymous FTP from clutx.clarkson.edu, directory pub/uupc.
Clarkson University CUHUG BBS
The Kermit server running on kendra, my home system.
Because kendra is the system I develop UUPC/extended on, the files
available from kendra's kermit server will always be the definitive
versions. However, I have no intention of releasing an excessive number
of releases, so normally the FTPable version will be current.
SPECIAL NOTE:
Because of time and disk space restrictions, I do not mail copies of the
source or executables, provide custom .ARC or .ZIP files with only a
limited set of the files, or provide other distribution services--
please don't ask. I do answer my mail, especially from other people who
have worked on UUPC, and I also at least acknowledge bug reports
(remember, I run this software too).
CUHUG instructions:
The Clarkson University HUG Bulletin Board is an OPUS BBS; it is 260/360
in the Nodelist, and be can reached 24 hours a day at (315)268-6667,
8N1, 1200/2400 Baud. New users should download 00readme from the root
directory.
Kermit Instructions:
To retrieve UUPC/extended via Kermit, you will have to have a Kermit
which can issue the GET and FINISH commands to a Kermit server. Set your
Kermit to:
Its maximum packet size (optional)
3 byte checksum (optional)
2 Windows (optional)
1200 or 2400 baud
No parity
^S/^Q flow control
Call 617-641-4817 between 10 am and 5 pm weekdays, and any night between
midnight and 5 AM (All times are Eastern). At all other times, the
system will reject your call.
After connect, press ENTER and kendra's "login:" prompt will appear.
Enter the user id: anonymous
and press ENTER.
The "password:" prompt will appear.
Enter the password: ribbit
and press ENTER.
Note: Both the user id and password are case sensitive, and you
cannot backspace when typing them in. If you make an error then
press ENTER until you get the "login:" prompt again and start
over. The user id will not echo until you press ENTER, and the
password will not echo at all.
A short hello message will appear, and then Kermit-MS will await your
command. Escape to your local command mode, and then issue a GET for
one or more of the files listed below. When done, issue the FINISH
command to shutdown the Kermit server. DO NOT just hang up your
telephone, because then you will lock up kendra, which is not critical
but is unkind since now you know better.
About the files:
The files available via FTP and Kermit as:
name Description
uupc08as.arc Source files for UUPC/extended, PKZIP format
uupc08au.arc Run time (.EXE and .DOC files) only,
PKPAK format.
howtoget.it This file. (Only available on kendra and
clutx)
announce.doc A summary of the new release. (Only available
on kendra and clutx)
The file UUPC08AS.ZIP include the source, makefiles for Turbo C++ and
MS C 6.0, and the raw documents, the UUPC08AU.ZIP file includes the
executables and formatted documents. Both UUPC08AS.ZIP and UUPC08AU.ZIP
include the same sample files.
The UUPC08AS.ZIP file should be PKUNZIPed with the unpack directory option.
I use UUPC/extended to answer the telephone on kendra, and MS-Kermit is
the program I run to provide the Kermit server; the current Source and
executable for MS-Kermit is available via anonymous FTP from
watsun.cc.columbia.edu.
Please direct all questions to help@kendra.kew.com.
Drew Derbyshire