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From: euloth@dalcsug.UUCP (Glenn Euloth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Transfer protocols
Summary: Zmodem for the Flash/
Message-ID: <168@dalcsug.UUCP>
Date: 27 Oct 88 02:10:05 GMT
References: <630@stag.UUCP>
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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In article <630@stag.UUCP>, to_stdnet@stag.UUCP writes:
> From: emh@omni.UUCP (Eric Hopper)
> 
> 	Does anybody know of a modem program that has the capability of
> running an outside program to do the transfer? I don't think there is such
> a thing, but it would be a good idea. All you would have to do would be to
> set up the transfer program to accept the filename on the command line, and
> the modem program would have to pexec() it.
> 


I am not absolutely sure if this is what you mean, but, the Flash Terminal
program from Antic (and Uniterm) and so rumours go the Interlink and 
ST-Talk Professional has the capability to execute another program, GEM or
other.


Now with Flash, you can basically do the transfer using a different program
such as Shadow, or the Zmodem program (SZ/RZ). The Shadow program sounds
more like what I think you mean. It is the background transfer utility for
the Flash program and I believe usable with other systems. The Zmodem 
programs can be used with Flash by going and using the command line and
executing a command, EXEC programname parameters.  Now the Shadow program
works automatically.

I haven't worked with it, but I understand Interlink has a program that
allows it to work with a background task as well. Uniterm and ST-Talk Pro
both have the capability to execute outside programs as well as far as I
know. You should be able to work with TTP programs such as RZ/SZ the 
Zmodem transfer programs. Is that what you meant?


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