TCP/IP for RT-11 (Part 2) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

24 Aug 1998

...
 Doh!  Do you have any idea how stupid you just made me
feel :^)  Thanks, I
just copied the files to RX50.  Since I couldn't get the emulator to read
the disk image I foolishly didn't consider that putr might be able to :^( 
Bob Supnik's emulator is a fine emulator, but it's not the same
sort of all-purpose tool that PUTR is for dealing with certain file
systems.

...
 Ummm, two reasons.  I'm not sure I've got the
necessary hardware pieces in
the Box (would I be able to go through a printer port) 
You've got a console port, right?  That's all you need!

See ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/b/krt.doc for full installation
instructions.

...
  and secondly I
 haven't a clue as far as Kermit is concerned.  I think I've used it once or
 twice to transfer data between a Honeywell Mainframe and a PC, but there
 was a written reciept to follow for that. 
Too bad you suffered through so many years without realizing what
a wonderful took Kermit is.  It's available for just about every
computer platform there is (or was), and can deal with communications
channels that X/Y/ZMODEM will just stare blankly at (for example,
one-way-at-a-time async channels common on IBM mainframes).  Even
better, it can be just as fast or faster than ZMODEM.  I use it just
about every day to move data between RT-11, RSX-11, CP/M, VMS, Unix,
MS-DOS, OS/8, etc...

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