Subj : Re: The state of DOS in 2019
To   : Nick Andre
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Sun Feb 24 2019 14:15:29

  Re: Re: The state of DOS in 2019
  By: Kurt Weiske to Nick Andre on Mon Feb 18 2019 06:30 am

KW> Agreed, that's the most aggravating thing about using a term program
KW> outside of DOSBOX to transfer packets. That, or solve the download/upload
KW> issues. Files transfer OK, but QWK packets are corrupted. REP packets don't
KW> make it to the other end.

I did some poking around and found out that the Windows command line FTP can
take a script file. I have a Windows batch file that runs a ftp session to
download a QWK packet, then fires up DOSBOX or vDOS. Both have MM in their
autoexec.txt files, so it goes straight into the emulator. The last step in the
batch file will upload the .REP packet. we'll see how it goes later today.
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