medin@nsipo.arc.nasa.gov (Milo S. Medin) (02/01/91)
Hi folks. I have a peculiar problem that needs solving. NASA has some popular BBS systems that is only support RS232 connections (basically, the BBS software runs on toy computers - No real OS), but people want Internet access to these resources. So we wired up some of the RS232 ports to some Annex terminal servers, and played some rotary games so that users can telnet directly to an address that looks like they telnet to the BBS system. The problem is, people then try and ftp to that address, and well, that doesn't work. Many of the users have PC's they are telnetting from, and so they don't have many options. So, is there a TCP/IP package out there that "connects" a telnet connection from the PC to a com: port, in such a way that the PC user can run procomm or kermit or some such package, but instead of dealing with a serial port, be fooled into running over a telnet connection? Thus they could telnet to the terminal server, be attached to an RS232 port, and run kermit or ymodem, etc.. over the network connection from their PC. I doubt anything like this exists for Mac's, but I'm hoping some vendor has such a package for the PC... I know the right solution is to get rid of the toy computers running the BBS and replace it with a real computer, but the people who take care of such beasts didn't exactly write the BBS software to be portable, and they don't want to invest money in rewriting the BBS software for Unix... Oh yes, they don't just want to make all the files anonymously FTP'able from another system, because they want to keep track of what BBS users are grabbing what files, etc... Any help or ideas would be appreciated... Thanks, Milo PS Usual disclaimers apply.
dsc3rjs@NMDSC20.NMDSC.NNMC.NAVY.MIL (Bob Stratton) (02/01/91)
>From pcip-request@louie.udel.edu Fri Feb 1 03:14:03 1991 Date: 1 Feb 91 06:44:25 GMT From: "Milo S. Medin" <nsipo.arc.nasa.gov!medin@icarus.riacs.edu> Organization: NASA Science Internet Project Office Sender: pcip-request@udel.edu <stuff deleted> So, is there a TCP/IP package out there that "connects" a telnet connection from the PC to a com: port, in such a way that the PC user can run procomm or kermit or some such package, but instead of dealing with a serial port, be fooled into running over a telnet connection? FTP Software's PC/TCP product contains a TELNET client that does what you require, using the INT14 hooks. If you have a terminal emulator that understands INT14 (I've tested Crosstalk Mark 4, and several MS-KERMITs), you can TELNET to a host, have the terminal emulator fire up, and do anything you could do over a 9600 baud modem connection. I've found this to be an extremely useful piece of functionality. If you want more info, just ask 'info@ftp.com'... [I don't work for FTP, but I'm a very satisfied customer] Bob Stratton | strat@ai.mit.edu [Internet] Stratton Systems Design | dsc3rjs@vmnmdsc [BITNET,only if you must] | +1 703 823 MIND [PSTNet] Disclaimer: The above opinions are mine alone - Who else would want them?
jackson@acf4.NYU.EDU (Robert Max Jackson) (02/03/91)
Can anyone recommend terminal emulation programs supporting INT14 that can handle the Zmodem transfer protocol. I have the FTP software package and Columbia's Kermit terminal emulator works well with FTP's telnet program designed for this purpose. However, I need to be able to access some bulletin boards via modems on a TCP/IP network and do transfers using Zmodem (as the boards don't have Kermit capacity).
jackson@acf4.NYU.EDU (Robert Max Jackson) (02/03/91)
From jackson@acf4.NYU.EDU Sat Feb 2 19:00:22 1991 Received: from ACF4.NYU.EDU by cmcl2.NYU.EDU (5.61/1.34) id AA00734; Sat, 2 Feb 91 19:00:22 -0500 Received: by acf4.NYU.EDU (5.61/1.34) id AA04680; Sat, 2 Feb 91 19:00:16 -0500 Date: Sat, 2 Feb 91 19:00:16 -0500 From: jackson@acf4.NYU.EDU (Robert Max Jackson) Message-Id: <9102030000.AA04680@acf4.NYU.EDU> To: rnews@cmcl2.NYU.EDU Relay-Version: version nyu B notes v1.6.1 1/11/90; site acf4.NYU.EDU From: jackson@acf4.NYU.EDU (Robert Max Jackson) Date: 2 Feb 91 19:00 EST Date-Received: 2 Feb 91 19:00 EST Subject: Re: Kermit and such over Telnet sessions Message-ID: <16740025@acf4.NYU.EDU> Path: acf4!jackson Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.6.1 1/11/90; site acf4.NYU.EDU Organization: New York University References: <9102011523.AA02784@nmdsc20.nmdsc.nnmc.navy.mil> Can anyone recommend terminal emulation programs supporting INT14 that can handle the Zmodem transfer protocol. I have the FTP software package and Columbia's Kermit terminal emulator works well with FTP's telnet program designed for this purpose. However, I need to be able to access some bulletin boards via modems on a TCP/IP network and do transfers using Zmodem (as the boards don't have Kermit capacity).