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Alyre CHIASSON writes:
 >.... My main concern is that clients who have IBM systems
 >will not be able to retrieve and send information to a BBS run
 >under an Atari system. I assume that the Atari arc programs cannot
 >unarc an IBM arced file nor arc a file so that it can be unarced
 >by an IBM arc program.

 >Question

 >Is there an arc program that can shuttle between the IBM world and
 >the Atari world? If not, are there other options? I am not a super
 >programmer.

In fact, there is no problem at all. They are the SAME arc programs,
and I regularly use ARC on my AT to de-arc ST stuff, and vice-versa.
In fact, the ARC on UNIX, VAXen, and other large systems is also
compatible.

 >Secondly, I am not sure if  IBM telecommunications software
 >programs can successfully communicate with an Atari BBS.

Again, the only problem is in making sure that both ends have the






same file transfer protocols, which are usually supported by all
BBS systems; things like XMODEM, YMODEM, and KERMIT. Even non-text
files transfer quite happily. In my own case, I use whatever computer
I happen to be sitting at when I contact BBSs, and don't take any care
what kind of a system is running the BBS. This all depends on the BBS
software you run, not the machine.

 >Question
 >
 >Since the standard in modems appears to be Hayes compatible am I
 >right to assume that this means that all software based on this
 >standard must send the same ascii codes to get a BBS to upload and
 >download files?

The modems only determine the 'electrical' standards, and the commands
that the modems need to do dialing, etc. The codes required to
upload and download files are determined by your BBS SOFTWARE, as are
the fiule transfer protocols it supports. I don't think you need to
worry about your clients on IBM systems not being able to access your
BBS.


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