Hi everybody,

     This echo sounded like it could use a real contribution lately so i
thought to myself there was one option which has been left in blank long
enough and i decided to post it here, today...  This one shows that some
answers are waiting right under one's nose, it's about external programs
like `Waterloo TCP FTP v0.7' for ~FTP~ support in `Arachne';  as a bonus
you get ~TelNet~ and `Kermit' from `MS-Kermit v3.15 Medium'!  My reading
of `C:\ARACHNE\MIME.CFG' quickly led me to a solution no one else seemed
to care to mention in clear:  the "External internet protocols" section,
on the "external/ftp" line...  You simply remove the semi-colon and make
it defined as "|{at}ftp.exe $p"!  That's it, `Arachne' can run `FTP.EXE' if
it can be found somewhere on the declared path (including `C:\ARACHNE\',
implicitly)!  The ~TelNet~ add-on i offer is trickier, that's for people
who got `RLFossil' working already.  Here it goes:  in the same section,
on the "external/telnet" line, use the following definition if you dare:
|{at}Set Host=$p\n{at}RLFossil.EXE 4 1 "MSK315M.EXE -f ArcnRLFK.INI, Stay"!  I
am posting the present message using `MS-Kermit' but with a twist - it's
launched from within `Arachne'.  :>  As with `FTP.EXE', `MSK315M.EXE' is
found somewhere on the path (no need to copy it to `C:\ARACHNE\');  what
needs to be worked on IN the `Arachne' directory is `MIME.CFG' (it's the
modification i shown above and don't forget to activate this by removing
the semi-colon), the only other thing will be `C:\ARACHNE\ArcnRLFK.INI':
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;ClS
IF Not Equal "" "\$(RLF)" Assign RLFi \$(RLF)
IF Equal "" "\$(RLF)" Assign RLFi 4
Increment RLFi
Set Port FOSSIL \Fcontents(RLFi)
Set Flow-Control None
Echo \13\10
Echo *** `RLFossil' Initialization ***\13\10
Echo ~TelNet~ HandShake type #2 on ~IP~ Port #23:\13\10
Output AT S4=2\13
Output AT S5=23\13
Echo Now making shure this initialization is valid...\13\10
Output AT Z\13
Echo \13\10
Set Terminal NewLine Off
;Set Terminal VT220
Set Terminal ANSI
Set Terminal Code-Page CP437
Set Terminal Character-Set Transparent
Set Terminal Cursor Block
Set File Type Binary
Set Receive Packet-Length 1536
Set Send Packet-Length 256
Set Block-Check-Type 3
Set Window 5
Set Control UnPreFixed All
Set Control PreFixed 0 1 129
Set Attribute Date Off
Set Prompt Kermit>
Set Display Regular 8-Bit

;Disable All
Enable Finish
Enable Get
Enable Send
;Disable Query

IF Equal "" "\$(Host)" GoTo Manual
Output AT DT \$(Host)\13
Pause 2
Connect
GoTo End

:Manual
Echo Ready to connect manually:  use "Connect" then "AT DT
~URL~".\13\10

:End
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     I created it for use by `MS-Kermit', in conjunction with `Arachne';
the way my `MIME.CFG' entry and this configuration file are built is how
i could get this last touch added:  type "telnet:" and `MS-Kermit' loads
but waits for a manual ~URL~ input, use "telnet://juge.com" and it makes
a call to that same BBS where this is from, using `Kermit' of course!  I
tried "|{at}Kermit.EXE Set Port TCP/IP $p, Take MSKermit.INI, Connect" with
some success but `RLFossil' really counts for something in the final cps
figures;  the direct Class-1/~EtherNet~ packet-driver interface one gets
in `Kermit.EXE' could make sessions so jerky i skipped `MSKermit.INI'...

     The BBSers who can't get `RLFossil' to work can always refer to old
posts i made, if they can find these!  >;-D  Ahummm...  Have fun, enjoy.

                                                           Salutations,

                                                           Michel Samson
                                                           a/s Bicephale


P.S.:  Robert Couture's BBS used to keep extensive records of this echo.


... Using `MS-DOS'+`LSPPP'+`Arachne'+`RLFossil 8088'+`MS-Kermit Medium'!
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