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From: louie@trantor.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos)
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Subject: Re: Suggestion for vt100r2.8: external file-transfer programs
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Date: 22 Jan 88 14:59:16 GMT
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Rather than having the file transfer program talk to the serial port, have it
talk to standard input/output, and pass it a pair of pipes.  Have the VT100
program shove the data in/out of the pipe to the serial line.

This way you don't have to know what serial port unit is being used.  And, 
you're not limited to using it over a serial port only.  Build tools rather
than monolithic applications.  Remember, there are at least 2 freely re-
distributable pipe implementations out there.  We could make good use of
them.



Louis A. Mamakos  WA3YMH    Internet: louie@TRANTOR.UMD.EDU
University of Maryland, Computer Science Center - Systems Programming