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From: SPENCER%LCAM1@LLL-ICDC.ARPA
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Subject: Comm for VAX?
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Date: Wed, 7-Oct-87 13:32:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  7 13:32:00 1987
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There was a program for the PDP-11 called Comm which was sort of a
terminal emulator. The keystrokes would pass right through the program
as if the VT100 was connected directly to the RS232 line and the PDP-11
was not there. When you hit ^N however, it would display a menu. You
could have Comm send a file and then return to being transparent. 

Comm was really handy for sending files on old network I use
occasionally which has only RS232 hookups. The PDP-11 and Comm are now
gone. On a MicroVAX the following command file will allow connection
through a terminal port to the net. 

      $ ALLOCATE/NOLOG TTA1:
      $ SET TERMINAL TTA1: /NOBROADCAST /TYPEAHEAD /NOWRAP /SPEED=(4800)
      $ ASSIGN/USER SYS$COMMAND SYS$INPUT
      $ SET HOST/DTE TTA1:
      $ DEALLOCATE TTA1:
      $ EXIT

This does not provide for sending files however. Does anyone have a program
which will send a file?


                     Lee W. Spencer
                     Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
                     Livermore, California   94550
                     415/422-4920
                     SPENCER%FTS121@LLL-ICDC.ARPA