niobium@arrakis.nevada.edu (Christopher W. Carlson) (04/19/91)
Hallo there!
I recently picked up the program NiftyTerm because I've been looking for a
term program that would accurately emulate a VT102 and not take up too much
memory, like VLT does. The one bad point that I can find with NiftyTerm is
that it has no built-in support for file transfers. Somewhere in the docs
it mentions the possibility of using a standalone x-fer program that would
take over the serial port and do its work, and then go away so that the term
program could continue its job.
Has anybody done such a thing?
If not, how feasible would building such a beast be? I've no C compiler
(yet) but I do have ARexx, the Rxgen package from Fish disk #459 (which
allows you to call nearly any library function from within an ARexx program)
and a whole slew of external transfer protocol libraries. Can it be done
with this set of tools? Can anybody offer any hints as to HOW?
Many thanks in advance...
-=* CWC
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Christopher W. Carlson, Student -- niobium@arrakis.nevada.edu | Be Yourself!r3med@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Mark E Daniel) (04/25/91)
In article <1991Apr19.030835.16892@nevada.edu> niobium@arrakis.nevada.edu (Christopher W. Carlson) writes: > >I recently picked up the program NiftyTerm because I've been looking for a >term program that would accurately emulate a VT102 and not take up too much >memory, like VLT does. The one bad point that I can find with NiftyTerm is >that it has no built-in support for file transfers. Somewhere in the docs >it mentions the possibility of using a standalone x-fer program that would >take over the serial port and do its work, and then go away so that the term >program could continue its job. > XPRGate by Timothy J Aston may do the trick. Available from ab20. -- "To Study is to survive..." -Me (Now if I could only grasp that..) "Somewhere...There's Someone Who Cares....With a Heart of GOLD to Have and to Hold" - Depeche Mode. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-(Now for the real stuff)=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Mark E Daniel (Strugling student at The Universaty of Akron) **Music fan*** r3med@vax1.cc.uakron.edu BBS:216\825-2747
bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce D. Becker) (04/27/91)
In article <1991Apr19.030835.16892@nevada.edu> niobium@arrakis.nevada.edu (Christopher W. Carlson) writes: | |I recently picked up the program NiftyTerm because I've been looking for a |term program that would accurately emulate a VT102 and not take up too much |memory, like VLT does. The one bad point that I can find with NiftyTerm is |that it has no built-in support for file transfers. Somewhere in the docs |it mentions the possibility of using a standalone x-fer program that would |take over the serial port and do its work, and then go away so that the term |program could continue its job. | |Has anybody done such a thing? "Handshake" by Eric Haberfellner does this. Send to "eric@haberfellner.uucp" for more info if it's not easily available locally... -- ,u, Bruce Becker Toronto, Ontario a /i/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `\o\-e UUCP: ...!utai!mnetor!becker!bdb _< /_ "The really important problems require greater earnestness" - J. Cage