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to: Maurice Kinal
from: Bo Simonsen
date: 2003-10-10 10:22:10
subject: Long `unzip` time

Hello Maurice!

08 Oct 03 14:26, you wrote to me:

 BS>> Well why don't write a natively TCP/IP connection module?

 MK> I've been picking away at it.  At the moment I've been experimenting
 MK> with c-kermit and the protocols.ctl file but it is on hold while I try
 MK> and catch up on a development system.  I have fallen behind the
 MK> Germans!!!  :-)

Oh they are harmless now a days.. The anti-war country.

Is kermit also working on Linux?

 BJ>>> There are pieces of
 BJ>>> the max bbs code hard coded to expect (sysop) console support in
 BJ>>> addition to the user's terminal.

 BS>> ?

 MK> Waiting for caller screen.  I still say it is unneeded.  It's a
 MK> hangover from snoopy DOS sysops who couldn't multitask or network.  I
 MK> think it's useless on any Unix system myself.

That's right, but I would prefere somekind of controling interface, so I
can see which users are loging on and so on.. But it could be written in
ncurses.

Regards,
Bo

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