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  • Subject: [BL] Direct dialup connection
  • Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 01:27:47 -0500

Sindi wrote:

> I am able to use Kermit with ramdisk BL2 and I am dialed into my bbs with
> it right now (and telnetted to another computer from there since I cannot
> get the mail list mail at my usual bbs email address due to timeouts).
>
> I copied kermit to /tmp after loading bl2. If your computer has at least
> 8M RAM there is an additional 4M of ramdisk created and kermit is only 2M
> so it fit easily. If you have only 4M RAM you are out of luck but minicom
> is about 250K .tgz and you might be able to copy just the binary.

My computer, a P166, has 84 megabytes of RAM

I can't copy a two megabyte file from a floppy drive to my ramdrive
because my floppy drive holds only up to 1.44 megabytes of data.

I have heard that there is a way to format a floppy drive for linux
so that it can hold a lot more data than just 1.44 M.

I haven't yet learned how to copy stuff from my hard drive to my
ramdrive. I haven't yet even tried to learn how do that. I'm
afraid to try it without knowing what I'm doing. I sure don't want
to mess up my hard drive.

> Kermit also telnets and ftps and does file transfers and fetches files
> from the web and maybe other tricks as well. I use it to read Russian
> online after loading a VGA screen font. Type 'reset' after exiting kermit
> or less won't display anything at all.
>
> kermit (you get a prompt)
> then, to dial:
> set line /dev/ttyS1 for com2
> set speed 115200 for a modem at least 28K
> dial 2345678 the phone number
>
> C to connect; Ctl-\, C to get back to kermit.
>
> Or instead of dialing, type ftp or telnet and the URL to go to.

Thanks for the info. I have heard that Kermit is a fine program. I have
never yet tried to run any version of it.

Sam Heywood
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