Hi Sean,

     About "Setting up Kermit protocol" of July 6 and "Pure DOS TelNet
ZMoDem" of October 16:

SD> Does anyone know if there's documentation about setting up the
SD> Kermit protocol with TG?  ...I don't know how to write the PDF...
...
SD> ...wanting me to try to get Kermit running under my system again?
MS> Should you feel comfortable with the idea of switching to `MSK.INI',
MS> plug it in...  ...to bring our cooperation to completion...  The
MS> last time i checked this, your `CKermit.INI' configuration-file
MS> forced `C-Kermit' to load `CKerMod.INI' and the later was connecting
MS> to ~COM1~!!!  ...you had urgent matters to cope with so i waited...
SD> Under OS/2, using SIO/VMODEM, everything uses comports...  It's all
SD> as if you're using a dialup BBS...  I am actually having a harder
SD> time getting the configuration of TG/2's protocol setup rather than
SD> getting Kermit to work.  For that, we should probably move this...

     Here i am!  8^)  My 1st comment is that i DownLoaded `TGProt11.ZIP'
so that i can get an idea of what .PDFs are like.  Essentially, it's the
same problem as with `SynchroNet' when i asked around on `DoveNet' for a
listing of the BBS's internal variables which can be used for installing
external protocol drivers.  I'd need to install `TeleGard' over here but
i'd rather not;  if i were to do it, i'd use Virtual Null-MoDem Cabling.

     In the meantime, lets identify some of the options and variables if
possible:  "-p", "~", "CP", "-b",
"CB", "-l", "CA", "-n",
"UF", "UL" and
"PF" -  which is only a sample of what `CEXYZ.EXE' would be using...  To
be honest, some or most of what is found in these .PDFs may very well be
specific to the protocol driver instead of your `TeleGard' BBS SoftWare.

     In any case, i can't but notice the `DSZLog' Drop-File is supported
and hence i'm curious, all the sudden!  Is there a BBS feature which can
tell the user how fast his transfers have been over the week (expressing
the recorded results in cps, for example)?...  `Kermit' would allow this
should someone dare to try hard enough, i'd love to see the `ZMoDem' and
`Kermit' transfer rates displayed Side-by-Side in a public BBS bulletin!

                                  8^D

     An other `TG' feature which got my attention is `Transfer.LOG', i'm
most concerned because .QWK BBS doors must never UpDate message-pointers
unless the user really received his message-packet in due form;  if this
could help SysOps to benefit from `MS-Kermit's sturdiness i'd be glad...

                                    Salutations,  ;^)

                                    Michel Samson
                                    a/s Bicephale
                                    http://public.sogetel.net/bicephale/


... Exploring DOS+TCP/IP+TelNet+ZMoDem/Kermit+.QWK since mid-1996 or so.
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