Subj : Re: Anyone Uses Freedos?
To   : MARY4
From : MIKE POWELL
Date : Wed Jul 03 2024 07:53:00

³ kermit? dosapp?? sneakernet?
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I meant to mention kermit in the previous message but got long-winded.
 
Kermit is a file transfer protocol that some BBS packages support.  It is
also a terminal program that a lot of people use to access centralized
computers.
 
From 1988-93, I worked in a library at a university.  We used the Kermit
ternimal to access the university's central computer system, which hosted the
library's electronic catalog and checkout system, as well as the university
wide email system.  Some more curious individuals also figured out that
you could use Kermit it to access the central computer and, from there, the
wider internet and play MUD games or read usenet news.  ;)
 
Most of the actual checkout terminals, and the catalog lookup terminals
used by patrons, were dumb terminals, but the DOS PCs in the office areas used
Kermit to access the network.
 
IIRC, we also used Kermit to access the university's VAX system.
 
At home, I would use my BBS dialout terminal software, GT Power, to dial
into the university system.  It didn't interface too well, so I would shell
out once the connection was made and fire up Kermit.  It would connect to
the university system via the dial-up connection I had made.
 
I never knew if the "central computer" was a mainframe or was another
application running on the VAX.
 
After working there, and the place with the sneakernet, I got a job
programming on a mainframe.  We did not use Kermit to access it.  We used
an application called Attachmate, I think.  It reminded me of Kermit except
it was windows-native and had some extra functions I don't remember Kermit
having.
 
Mike
 
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