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From: bson@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Jan Brittenson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Telnetting to HPBBS and Downloading???
Keywords: hp48 hpcvbbs
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Date: 24 Jan 91 16:48:10 GMT
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In a posting of [23 Jan 91 23:41:35 GMT]
   EWLARSON@MTUS5.BITNET writes:

 > Is there anyone who uses Telnet to get to the HPBBS, and if so how do
 > you go about downloading files from it.

   Well, there are several ways. You can capture the output with
script, photo, or however you do on your system. I always connect to
HPCVBBS through a Gnu Emacs buffer, and so automatically capture the
output. If I like to write a message, I can conveniently move around
in the buffer and see what other people have said previously. To
transfer a file, use the "ASCII" protocol. This only works with plain
text files, YET.

   So, what I'd like to see the maintenance folks do, is to add two
more protocols: UUENCODE and/or BTOA. I don't use HPCVBBS too often,
most notably because only text files can be conveniently transferred.

						-- Jan Brittenson
						   bson@ai.mit.edu

;; "Make sure the brain is connected before the mouth is started."