-=> Quoting Nancy Backus to Bruce Clark <=-

 BC> In case anyone is interested in my roundabout BBS access...

 NB> Mine's almost as roundabout, just not going thru a library's server...
 
 BC> I use Procomm Plus v2.01 for DOS in VT-100 emulation to connect to the
 BC> local library computer server for their free internet connection,

 NB> That's familiar... I'm also using Lynx as a browser... :)

The Lynx I use is on the library end though. 


 NB> Are you doing your telnetting in Windows or in DOS?

A DOS window with a DOS terminal program. 

The only reason I do it from a DOS window, is the ability to swap to 
other programs to check on the names of files or what is in a file while 
I am on the BBS, or "browsing" the internet. 
 

 BC> I use telnet to access BBSNETS BBS and download/upload packets. 

 NB> I'm using telnet to access bbs's in various parts of the country, and
 NB> getting packets from most of them (as long as they have the offline
 NB> mail door), but I can only upload reply packets to ones that have the
 NB> kermit protocol, since I've not been able to use ZModem for uploads
 NB> with DOS in the telnet mode...  Which is why I'm curious about whether
 NB> you are in WIn or DOS, as it appears that Windows (which I have an
 NB> aversion to) is the only way to be able to do uploads in telnet.

The library allows 4 protocols for download (which have nothing to do 
with the BBSNETS connection). 
Two are Z-modem and 1k Kermit. (I forget the other two.) 
I use 1k Kermit because my computer, in DOS window mode, locks up at 
the end of a Z-modem download. 
Since the library has a 1meg limit on file size, I have to exit out of 
Windows and actually do the download in DOS where Z-modem won't lock up 
and I can use the resume feature after carrier is dropped. 

BBSNETS doesn't have 1k Kermit so I have to exit to DOS if I have 
anything over aprox 50k to upload/download, otherwise I use G-modem 
(modems do error correction). I've found that too many errors creep 
in on files over 100k though. Apparently the satellite link isn't 
that good without software error correction. 

Bruce Clark 

 
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