maul@asic.nsc.com (Robert Maul x17637) (02/22/90)
Does anyone know when and if this will be available? I made the mistake of buying the MacLink software by DataViz and I can only move one file at a time. Rob Maul, maul@asic.nsc.com
eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (02/23/90)
In article <124@cavanasic.nsc.com> maul@asic.nsc.com (Robert Maul x17637) writes: >Does anyone know when and if this will be available? I made the mistake >of buying the MacLink software by DataViz and I can only move one file >at a time. Are you looking for a snazzy GUI version? Or just something that works? The latter's available by anonymous FTP from sutro.sfsu.edu in the pub subdirectory (or you can get the sources to the newer "test" version from watsun.cc.columbia.edu and compile them yourself). Note that the snazzy GUI version for the Macintosh is built from the same C sources as the UNIX version--surely someone is working on a NeXT front end? -=EPS=-
suh@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Kenneth Suh) (02/23/90)
In article <326@toaster.SFSU.EDU> eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes: >>Does anyone know when and if this will be available? I made the mistake >>of buying the MacLink software by DataViz and I can only move one file >>at a time. Hi, I have recently been testing C-Kermit version 5a on the NeXT. It is incredible. It has the following features: - script support: allows for input/output commands like PC-Kermit version 3.0 (no longer uucp style) - extended packet support (packet sizes of up to 2000) - sliding windows - use of wildcards to allow for multiple file transfers - set host command (allows you to use kermit to log onto other systems while kermit rides on top of telnet) - the list goes on... It can be obtained via anonymous ftp from watsun.cc.columbia.edu One other note: This version of Kermit has not been officially released and is therefore not supported. /ken Kenneth Suh PATH: suh@WATSUN.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Columbia University Station ..!rutgers!columbia!watsun!suh P.O. Box 250039 suh@CUMIN.BITNET New York, NY 10025-9991
jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (02/24/90)
/* Written 5:26 pm Feb 21, 1990 by maul@asic.nsc.com in uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.next */ /* ---------- "Kermit for NeXT" ---------- */ >Does anyone know when and if this will be available? I made the mistake >of buying the MacLink software by DataViz and I can only move one file >at a time. Kermit for the NeXT has been out all along. You can anonymously ftp download it from j.cc.purdue.edu or from cs.orst.edu, but you'll probably hate it. I recommend that you get xmodem or zmodem as they are a bit easier to use (at least in my experience). Now, my plug for the day, I have made HitchHiker1.1, which makes serial port easy enough for even a beginner to use. HitchHiker.aux included binaries for xmodem and zmodem. You can get HitchHiker from anonymous ftp sites. If you don't like something in HitchHiker, you can purchase the source code and modify it yourself. Michael Rutman jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (02/25/90)
>Whenever I run HitchHiker, the machine slows to a crawl as soon as I >try to open a port. If I type into the string gadget which specifies >an external terminal, it takes several minutes for the text to show up. >The load average rises by 4-5 units, but no extra processes are running. HitchHiker must be owned by root and have its suid bit set or it cannot open the serial ports. The effects you describe sounds like HH is not set up this way. Go to it's directory and type ls -lg HitchHiker1.1 You should see -rwsr-xr-x root wheel <<size>> Hitch....... if there is no s, you need to type chmod u+s HitchHiker1.1 while root. if root does not own it, the command is chown root HitchHiker1.1 Appearently, on a lot of NeXT machines, the owner becomes me instead of root. I have found this out through people E-Mailing me, but I have no idea why the number for root would be different on different machines. >Are there any happy HitchHiker users out there? While some people have E-mailed me saying that HH is perfect except for one bug or something, nobody has purchased it yet, so I don't think there are. Oh well, so much for a low-end shareware market for the NeXT. I will continue to support it, but until at least one person purchases it, there will be no HH1.2 Michael Rutman jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu #include <std.discl>
maul@asic.nsc.com (Robert Maul) (02/27/90)
Thank you all for your quick replies. Some of you responded directly some by posting. However, I still have a problem. I do not have anonymous FTP capability. All of the responders used FTP to get the files. I can not find an archive-server with the source in shar form. If anyone knows where I can get a copy in shar form please let me know. Here is a summary of the responses for people with anonymous FTP capability. Thanks again, Rob Maul, maul@asic.nsc.com * * * top of include * * * >From: Jerry Whelan <whelan@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> >Yes, the kermit binary is available from j.cc.purdue.edu. >From: <sun!UICVM.uic.edu!CFJPH%ECNCDC.BITNET@nsc.nsc.com> >got it from j.cc.purdue.edu (I believe the version number was 4F(077)) and >it ran fine until I tried to send a file from the NeXT to another machine. >That caused a bus error every time. I finally got version 4C(057) and it >has no problems. I'm afraid I can't provide a source for that version, but >people tell me it's readily available from many ftp sites. >From: cdr@acc.stolaf.edu >You may be in luck! We have C-Kermit running on the NeXT -- it is >available via anonymous ftp from sachiko.acc.stolaf.edu [130.71.128.17]. >cd to /usr/src/local/bin/.tar and grab C-Kermit.tar.Z >From: Pascal Chesnais <lacsap@media-lab.media.mit.edu> >kermit is available on one of the archive (cs.orst.edu or j.cc.purdue.edu) >machines in the binaries directory... >From: larry hughes <hughes@silver.ucs.indiana.edu> >I got the standard distrubtion from Columbia to work, but as I >From: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes: >FTP from sutro.sfsu.edu in the pub subdirectory (or you can get the >sources to the newer "test" version from watsun.cc.columbia.edu >and compile them yourself). >From: suh@WATSUN.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU >It can be obtained via anonymous ftp from watsun.cc.columbia.edu >From: jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu >Kermit for the NeXT has been out all along. You can anonymously ftp download >it from j.cc.purdue.edu or from cs.orst.edu, but you'll probably hate it. * * * end of include * * *
dcarpent@sjuphil.uucp (D. Carpenter) (02/28/90)
In article <126@cavanasic.nsc.com> maul@asic.nsc.com (Robert Maul) writes: >I still have a problem. I do not have anonymous FTP capability. >All of the responders used FTP to get the files. > >I can not find an archive-server with the source in shar form. If anyone >knows where I can get a copy in shar form please let me know. I just discovered, thanks to the folks at Lighthouse Design, that there is an archive-server at the Purdue archive, (archive-server@cc. purdue.edu), and I have already managed to get the last to issues of Buzzings via E-mail. You should be able to do the same with kermit, which is in the directory /pub/next/binaries as the file kermit.Z If you first send the "help" command you will receive a help file, according to which you can specify shar as the prefered archiving method. So there shouldn't be any problem. -- =============================================================== David Carpenter dcarpent@sjuphil.UUCP St. Joseph's University dcarpent@sjuphil.sju.edu Philadelphia, PA 19131 ST_JOSEPH@HVRFORD.BITNET