turner@dover.sps.mot.com (Robert Turner) (02/08/90)
I just saw a reference to EMACS 18.55 for the Apollo. Will this version work through the SIO line to a CRT? No ever seems to mention this feature. Robert -- ----- Law of the Net: Triva begets triva tenfold. All opinions are. Robert Turner (602) 897-5441 ...!uunet!dover!turner or turner@dover.sps.mot.com
vinoski@apollo.HP.COM (Stephen Vinoski) (02/08/90)
In article <2002@dover.sps.mot.com> turner@dover.sps.mot.com.UUCP (Robert Turner) writes: >I just saw a reference to EMACS 18.55 for the Apollo. Will this >version work through the SIO line to a CRT? No ever seems to mention >this feature. Yes. I use a vt100 at home with a dialup line and run the same emacs I use on my DN4000 here at work. No problem. -steve | Steve Vinoski (508)256-6600 x5904 | Internet: vinoski@apollo.com | | Testability and Diagnostics | UUCP: ...mit-eddie!apollo!vinoski | | HP Apollo Division, Chelmsford, MA 01824 | ...uw-beaver!apollo!vinoski | | "This is a dangerous place." -King Crimson, "Thela Hun Ginjeet" |
markd@silogic.UUCP (Mark DiVecchio) (02/09/90)
In article <2002@dover.sps.mot.com> turner@dover.sps.mot.com.UUCP (Robert Turner) writes: >I just saw a reference to EMACS 18.55 for the Apollo. Will this >version work through the SIO line to a CRT? No ever seems to mention >this feature. > Originally posted to comp.sys.apollo 1/2/90 PC-Apollo Connection If you are like many owners of Apollo DN3xxx and DN4xxx workstations, you have a resource on your machine which is most likely underutilized. That resource is the Serial Input/Output (SIO) port. The SIO port is an RS-232 compatible port which is sometimes used for a digitizing tablet or serial printer. On most machines, though, it is unused. You can make use of the port as a connection to a personal computer for remote login and for transferring ASCII files between the machines. I have a set of programs for your Apollo and PC to do this. I've installed and tested these programs on our DN3010 and an IBM PC Compatible. The software comes in two parts. First there are a set of scripts and a C language program for the Apollo and second there is program which runs on the PC. The program for the PC is PC-VT, a program which I wrote several years ago that emulates a VT100 Video Display Terminal and also performs file transfer using the XMODEM file transfer protocol. The C language program for the Apollo is a public domain program (originally written by Lauren Weinstein and modified by many others, most notably Richard Conn) which performs the XMODEM file transfer protocol on the Apollo. For remote login, PC-VT is used as a dumb terminal emulator. You can login to an AEGIS shell and execute most commands that don't require a graphics output device. For file transfer, the XMODEM file transfer program is started on the Apollo and it communicates automatically with PC-VT running its XMODEM subroutines to move ASCII files between the machines. First let me say that there is nothing new here. The Apollo documentation describes how to configure the port for remote login and the Apollo C Compiler provides the C language procedural interface for the file transfer program. The XMODEM file transfer protocol has been around since the days of CP/M and was originally developed by Ward Christensen. How to Get the Programs Bulletin Board You can download all of the DOS sources, DOS executables and Apollo sources from my Bulletin Board. The phone number is 619-549-3927. The board is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The modem is a USR HST9600 so you can call at any baud rate up to 9600 baud. The Apollo files are in an archived file named SIO.ZIP in the area titled 'Apollo AEGIS/UNIX Programs and Files'. The DOS files are in an archived file named PC-VT100.ZIP in the area titled 'PC-VT (Version 10.0) and Related Files'. If you do not have a ZIP archive management program, you will also need to download PKZ101.EXE. If you get the programs this way, you will need the Apollo C language compiler to compile 'UMODEM.C' and 'ESC.C'. Mail Send me two diskettes, one 1.2Meg DOS formatted floppy and one 1.2Meg AEGIS floppy. I will copy all of the sources (both DOS and Apollo) and the DOS executables onto the DOS diskette and I will create a WBAK diskette with all of the Apollo software - sources and executables. When you send me the diskettes, include a mailer which I can use to return the diskettes to you and put enough postage on the mailer to satisfy the Postal Service. In place of the AEGIS floppy, you can send me a cartridge tape. If you get the programs this way, the WBAK diskette or tape will contain the compiled versions of 'UMODEM.C' and 'ESC.C' so you won't need the Apollo C language compiler. -- Mark DiVecchio, Silogic Systems, 619-549-9841 K3FWT 9888 Carroll Center Road, Suite 113, San Diego, CA 92126 ...!ucsd!celerity!celit!silogic!markd ...!ucsd!ucsdhub!celit!silogic!markd celit!silogic!markd@fps.com BBS 619-549-3927