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From: rgr@mhuxo.UUCP (Bob Renninger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Serial Port Communication with 386i
Keywords: 386i
Message-ID: <1582@mhuxo.UUCP>
Date: 30 Mar 89 08:36:38 GMT
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Original-Date: 17 Mar 89 13:55:49 GMT
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I want to communicate between my 386i and a mainframe over RS-232.  Does
anyone know of a good terminal emulator that I can use instead of tip?  I
have alot of experience in the MS-DOS world, where there are many such
products, far better than tip.

On the MS-DOS side of the 386i, even under 4.0.1 serial port communication
is hopeless.  When trying to transfer files this way, I feel lucky if the
system doesn't crash.  It usually just freezes up in mid-transfer.  Using
tip, I get much higher speed in terminal emulation, but file transfers
don't work.  To transfer a binary file, I uuencode first and download -
but tip always loses part of the file.

What I would really like is a program with:
	- protected file transfers, binary and text
	- scripts.

Bob Renninger
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Murray Hill, NJ
201 582-4122
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