Subj : [--- SLIP/PPP FTP ? ---]
To   : WINSTON SMITH
From : CHARLES ANGELICH
Date : Fri Sep 01 2000 09:47 pm

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Hello Winston - 

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->> The host BBS is doing the actual connect to the network for you
->> using it's own resident apps.  Does this sound accurate?

WS> Well, it isn't really an ISP shell account. The Xyplex Modem Pool
WS> is more like an "intelligent" multiplexer. There is no operating
WS> system to speak of, more like services loaded from static RAM
WS> into operating memory. If I want shell services then I have to
WS> connect to a mainframe that is running an operating system. 

Your earlier message said that you received a login message from
Synchronet (which you had referred to as BBS software?). Now you say
not. 

WS> (Otherwise, if it was a mainframe I could just type FTP, then use
WS> XMODEM to offload from the mainframe. 

I think you mean telnet then use xmodem? 

WS> This thing is more like a workstation that is dedicated to being
WS> a giant modem gateway.... 

"This thing" being the Synchronet BBS? 

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