Versaterm 4.6 and FTP (Summary of responses)

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From: Tom Rocklin
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 14:57

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A few days ago, I asked if I could really do FTP over a serial line using
Versaterm 4.6.  I have now gotten a bunch of useful answers (thanks to Marek
Behr, Jim Amundsen, Mike Alexander, David Johnston, Wayne Bectel, Russell
Owen, Mike Alexander, Christopher Davis, and erh0362@tesla.njit).

The answer is a qualified "yes."  _If_ the host I sign onto has the appropriate
SLIP (serial line internet protocol) stuff, I can do the nifty stuff I want to
do.  The local guru says that we will have SLIP  server software, probably in
a month or so.  

The other useful tidbit from the replies was that there is a shareware
program (ftpd) that does the same thing-- I haven't looked at it, and I
suspect it may require a "real" network connection.

Several people noted that you need macTCP to do any of this.  One of the
attractive things about Versaterm is that macTCP is bundled.

Thanks again to those who replied.
-- 
Tom Rocklin                                  374 Lindquist Center
319/335-5570                               The University of Iowa
319/335-5386 (fax)                            Iowa City, IA 52242

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Subject: Versaterm 4.6 and FTP (Summary of responses)
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