bob@cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) (04/22/89)
rgr@mhuxo.UUCP (Bob Renninger): Does anyone know of a good [RS232] terminal emulator that I can use instead of tip? I have alot of experience in the MS-DOS world, where there are many such products, far better than tip. How about Kermit? You can even compile the same sources to give you a DOS Kermit or a UNIX Kermit, depending upon whether you compile them on those DOS-ish sorts of days, or when you're feeling more like UNIX.
bob@cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) (05/08/89)
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 89 21:01:27 EDT
From: jes@mbio.med.upenn.edu (Joe Smith)
How about Kermit? You can even compile the same sources to give
you a DOS Kermit or a UNIX Kermit...
When did this occur? Last I knew C-kermit was UNIX only.
Certainly MS-KERMIT, being written in 80*86 assembly, isn't
portable....
Sure enough, our local Kermit guru got back from Boston and he says that
MS-Kermit is still in 80*86 assembly language. What's more, C-Kermit has
never received the necessary attention to make it work in that
environment. So, I contributed to that infamous "Sun-Spots
misinformation" :-(. You'll have to use separate sources to build the
Kermits for the two sides of your 386i. At least the result will be
pretty similar, and protocol-compatible.
C-Kermit is certainly not limited to UNIX, though. It's good for the
Macintosh, VMS, Amiga, Atari ST, and perhaps more.