Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!necntc!dandelion!ulowell!hawk!boneill From: boneill@hawk.ulowell.edu (SoftXc Coordinator) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: PibTerm 4.1.3 (Was Re: PibTerm 4.1.2) Message-ID: <6691@swan.ulowell.edu> Date: 30 Apr 88 22:56:20 GMT References: <6648@swan.ulowell.edu> Sender: news@swan.ulowell.edu Reply-To: boneill@hawk.ulowell.edu (SoftXc Coordinator) Organization: University of Lowell, CS Dept. Lines: 134 Whoops!!! I didn't realize how many revisions I had, and someone mentioned it to me. How many people would be interested in a posting of PibTerm 4.1.3??? It consists of 9 fairly large files (approx. 150K-220K each), and wanted to check net response first. Also, some people weren't sure of the features,. so here is a blurb from the user's guide (Edited for brevity): What Is PibTerm? PibTerm is a flexible terminal emulation and file transfer software package for the IBM/PC and compatible machines. PibTerm lets your PC emulate a VT100 terminal on both the Cyber and VAX. You can also perform Kermit protocol file transfers without exiting the program. PibTerm is fully menu driven. This guide provides an introduction to the use of PibTerm with the ACNS mainframe computers. You may also want to get two associated documents: the PibTerm Script Language Reference Manual and the PibTerm Parameters Reference Manual. PibTerm Features PibTerm sports many other features that may be of interest once you're comfortable with the basics: - A variety of file transfer protocols besides Kermit - Script file usage - DOS file manipulation without leaving PibTerm - Built-in full-screen editor for small files - Session logging to a disk or printer - Review buffer for current session - Host mode capabilities - Runs in background with popular multitasking software The Kermit protocol is standard for all ACNS machines, and for microcomputer to microcomputer transfers (for example, IBM PC to IBM PC or IBM PC to MacIntosh computers). But there are also many other transfer protocols in common use. The Christensen protocol -- often called the Xmodem protocol -- is very popular for file transfers between microcomputers (for example, Xmodem is the only transfer protocol supported by MacTerminal). PibTerm incorporates a variety of Xmodem- based protocols and also allows you to hook in externally- defined protocols. But for ACNS use, and most micro-to- micro transfers, all you'll need is Kermit. PibTerm provides a comprehensive script writing utility. A script is a series of commands to PibTerm which can be used to automate routine communications tasks like dialing into an ACNS system. See the section "Scripts -- Tailored Task Handling." PibTerm allows access to the DOS operating system from within a PibTerm session, so that you don't have to leave PibTerm to execute a DOS command. See the section "Access to the Operating System." PibTerm incorporates a full-screen editor so you can edit DOS files right from within PibTerm. See the section "Editing a file." PibTerm can record an entire session with a host computer on the printer or in a disk file. This is useful for keeping a record of what you did. See the section "Session logging." PibTerm records the last few lines while you're connected to a remote system in a special review buffer. You can scan and search this review buffer, or write it to disk. This is helpful for checking what commands you just typed but which scrolled off the screen, or for looking at the output of earlier commands. See the section "Scanning the review buffer." PibTerm can act as a host system, accepting calls from other computers, and provide remote DOS access and file transfer capabilities along with password security to protect your system from unauthorized callers. See the section "On Being a Host." PibTerm is designed to work effectively with several popular multitasking environments. This allows you to perform file transfers as a "background" process while you do other work on your PC. Supported multitasking environments are DoubleDos, DesqView, TopView, and TaskView. See the section "PibTerm and Multitasking Software" for more details. For convenience, PibTerm provides a dialing directory with two hundred entries. (You can have a smaller directory if you wish.) Each entry contains all the data communications information needed to complete a connection. A script may be assigned to each directory entry, and that script will be executed upon successful connection with the remote system. Thus, you can press one or two keys and PibTerm will dial the remote computer, establish a connection, log you in, and leave you ready to start work. PibTerm has a mechanism for using special long-distance dialing services, which frequently require you to prepend and or/append access codes to numbers you wish to call. The PibTerm release materials include a sample dialing directory which lists phone numbers for ACNS systems. For more information, see the section "Setting Up And Using The Dialing Directory." Menu Selection PibTerm is a menu-driven system. Once you start PibTerm, you'll be able to familiarize yourself with most of its capabilities by simply browsing through the menus. You can use a command-line form of control for PibTerm, but the menus are generally more convenient. You can also use a mouse to control PibTerm. A sample mouse menu setup for the Microsoft mouse is provided as part of the PibTerm release materials. Also, off the top of my head, it has built in ZModem, support for Kermit and ZModem autodownloads, better support for COM3 and 4, support for multi-tasking environments such as DoubleDos, improved "G" protocols for high speed transmissions, improved TEK4010 resolution, and other fine features. It is written in TurboPascal 4.0, and the sources are part of the distribution (they make up 4 of the 9 files. There are 3 executable files and 2 document files, one of which is soley for the Script language). ============================================================================ Brian O'Neill, MS-DOS Software Exchange Coordinator ArpaNet: boneill@hawk.ulowell.edu UUCP : {(backbones),harvard,rutgers,et. al.}!ulowell!hawk!boneill