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From: davidsen@steinmetz.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How do I download from a FIDO BBS to UNIX?
Message-ID: <1212@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Feb-87 09:50:46 EST
Article-I.D.: steinmet.1212
Posted: Wed Feb 18 09:50:46 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 20-Feb-87 21:50:05 EST
References: <324@hoqax.UUCP> <3005@burdvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@kbsvax.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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In article <3005@burdvax.UUCP> fac@burdvax.UUCP (Frank Cooley) writes:
>> 
>> 
>> How do I download from a FIDO BBS to UNIX?
>> I have tried using cu and the ~!umodem -rt sequence and all I get is
>> timed out.

FIDO uses "window Kermit" as far as I can tell. I broke down and
got a copy of Procomm, which worked fine (v2.4.2). All of the
Kermit versions for UNIX seem to use regular Kermit protocol. If
you have an old version of Procomm you may want to upgrade.
Although it is probably on several BBS's in your area, before I
get a box of mail, it is definitely on
	*IX BBS
	(518) 346-8033

which uses old Kermit protocol (it's UNIX). Logon as NEW and
leave a message to SYSOP requesting download access. I had uucp
working, but had a major hardware problem and am running on a
much smaller disk. Public access UNIX is also gone for a while.

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