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From: JRD@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 and Telnet via BIOSn
Message-ID: <20194@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 12 Mar 90 00:45:01 GMT
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	Bob Kusumoto queried how to use SET PORT BIOSn in MS-DOS Kermit to
talk to his tcp/ip gateway. Well, Bob. The Bios serial port is just an
ascii device, not a tcp protocol item. If your system permits an external
terminal emulator program to attach to the Telnet software on the PC then
that software has to do the Telnet negotiations because the terminal emulator
is emulating a terminal rather than a Telnet package. Time to read the
manuals again. While MS-DOS Kermit does work fine with Telnet packages having
an Int 14h interceptor facility it does not speak any of the tcp/ip protocol.
	Joe D.