alexew@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (A.E.Wielhouwer - Computing Services) (04/22/89)
The copy of PCIP (MIT/CMU) I picked up from husc6.harvard.edu did not contain an FTP application. Is there an FTP available in the public domain (I am aware of NCSA Telnet, but I am looking for a client FTP only implementation).
jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM (James Van Bokkelen) (04/24/89)
PC-IP never had an FTP application. This is one of the reasons our company has the name it does (it was first on the list of things that John Romkey wanted to add in the process of making a commercial product out of his work at MIT). The problem is that PC-IP can't have an FTP application without a lot of work, because FTP needs 2 simultaneous TCP connections, and SRCLIB\TCP can only handle one. Multiple-connection TCPs have been done for PC-IP at least 3 times: Ours, the one that Stanford did and sold to Bridge and TWG, and the one that UMD did for IBM. Normally, you have to buy all of these versions. I think you might be able to get Stanford binaries (but not source unless you're going to do development they want), and if U of Waterloo has the right relationship with IBM, you might also get the UMD source. James B. VanBokkelen 26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA 01880 FTP Software Inc. voice: (617) 246-0900 fax: (617) 246-0901
gruber@ANDY.BGSU.EDU (John Gruber) (04/25/89)
James B. VanBokkelen mentioned the sources of PC TCP/IP software for which you could open multiple connections in order to support FTP. In particular, IBM does make the source available for their product at modest cost. Source is simply represented by a chargeable feature for the base product (at least that is how we got it when we ordered 5798-FAL) John Gruber