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From: jhuang@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Jian Huang)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Want program to download in background
Keywords: dgterm on simtel supports background transfers
Message-ID: <1990Jan16.024041.8996@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
Date: 16 Jan 90 02:40:41 GMT
References: <13274@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> <2945@d75.UUCP>
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In article <2945@d75.UUCP> @cs.utexas.edu:ibmchs!auschs!woan.austin.ibm.com!ron writes:
>In article <13274@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>, kimf@tybalt.caltech.edu (Kim 
>writes:
>|>I vaguelly remember a program floating around somewhere that allowed
>|>downloading from a mainframe to a PC in the background.  I need to
>|>transfer some extremely large files from a VMS system to a PC and
>|>would prefer to be able to use the PC while I'm at it.
>
>DGTERM in PD2:<MSDOS2.MODEM> on Simtel20 supports background
>download/upload with XMODEM or YMODEM-BATCH... Crashes the system
>every once in a while though, if I remember correctly. Evidently the
>
>						Ron
This is a risky business. There are several versions
around. But I did not see a useful one. Multitasking in Dos
environment is not always easy. Finally you will find you
don't save any time after transfer fail from time to time.

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