SPENCER%LCAM1@LLL-ICDC.ARPA (10/07/87)
There was a program for the PDP-11 called Comm which was sort of a
terminal emulator. The keystrokes would pass right through the program
as if the VT100 was connected directly to the RS232 line and the PDP-11
was not there. When you hit ^N however, it would display a menu. You
could have Comm send a file and then return to being transparent.
Comm was really handy for sending files on old network I use
occasionally which has only RS232 hookups. The PDP-11 and Comm are now
gone. On a MicroVAX the following command file will allow connection
through a terminal port to the net.
$ ALLOCATE/NOLOG TTA1:
$ SET TERMINAL TTA1: /NOBROADCAST /TYPEAHEAD /NOWRAP /SPEED=(4800)
$ ASSIGN/USER SYS$COMMAND SYS$INPUT
$ SET HOST/DTE TTA1:
$ DEALLOCATE TTA1:
$ EXIT
This does not provide for sending files however. Does anyone have a program
which will send a file?
Lee W. Spencer
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, California 94550
415/422-4920
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