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 In article <828827324_OASIS_@musimind.demon.co.uk>
  vi@musimind.demon.co.uk (Vincent Iyengar) said:-

>I want to access the site:
>          http://micros.hensa.ac.uk/micros/atari-tos.html
>
>so that I can download a program which runs the kermit protocol.
>
>How do I go about this?
>
>In eager anticipation of reply since I have never used a news service before,
>
>Vince

Since you are using a copy of NOS and (an old version) of Oasis you 
have 2 options (sort of!). This site is a Web adress but hensa also 
has a ftp adress so you can either ftp the package or ftp to hensa to 
get a web browser! To get onto it via ftp at the NET> prompt in NOS 
just type the following (ignore quote marks) "ftp micros.hensa.ac.uk"
When you get connected type: "ftp" as the user name and if there are 
enough free slots then type in your email address (it won't appear on 
screen. Hensa only allows 25 connections at a time and if these are 
being used then you will have to try again later.
Once on, type: "cd micros/atari/tos/q/q136" and then "get www130.zip". 
It's 700k so it will take some time. if you use "cd micros/atari/tos" 
and do a "dir" there should be a listing file called something like 
"00index" and you can then type "get 00index" you will get this file 
which once offline you can read to find the name and directory of this 
kermit thingy that you wanted. Hope this helps.
 
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