Subj : [--- SLIP/PPP FTP ? ---]
To   : CHARLES ANGELICH
From : DAVE OLDRIDGE
Date : Thu Sep 07 2000 10:57 am

CA> 1230d2b9ed91
CA> tcpip



CA> Hello Wsmith,-

CA> --8<--cut

CA> WS> This is the first time I have tried running FTP on a PC (my 48K
CA> WS> 8-bit 6502 was not up to the job of running FTP, which was why I
CA> WS> relied on the minis to do it, although it did do a passable job
CA> WS> with the Kermit protocol).

CA> Kermit? That might be a better place for you to start since the
CA> MSKermit for DOS is quite stable on a PC (even an XT 8086)?

CA> If you can access the Internet and usenet groups the kermit usenet
CA> group has many there who have made the tansition from mainframe/mini
CA> to the PC that might understand what you need to know better than I
CA> do (I never used mainframes or minis).

CA> I realize you want FTP and not the kermit protocol but the
CA> configuration and packet driver required to get MSKermit working on a
CA> DOS machine is the same or similar to what is required to get FTP07
CA> WATTCP app working (same packet driver and connect procedures).

FTP may not be available from the BBS proper, although it probably 
supports Kermit.  If it's anything like mine was, it simply treats the 
telnet connection as if it was a modem.  Trouble is, most modem download 
protocols contain transport timing and error correction that can get very 
snarled over all but the fastest internet TCP connections.  And once the 
modem protocol and TCP start fighting over who is going to send what 
when, the whole transfer falls to pieces.  I solved the problem with my BBS 
by hanging a 5-minute retry timer on Zmodem, thereby giving TCP a chance 
to do its job.

---
 þ MM 1.1 #0357 þ Serving coffee on aircraft causes turbulence.
 * Origin: FONiX Info Systems * Berkshire UK * +44 1344 641625 (2:252/171)

.