Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!rick From: rick@uwmacc.UUCP (the absurdist) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: Re: Software for Atari ST Message-ID: <1471@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 10:44:34 EDT Article-I.D.: uwmacc.1471 Posted: Wed Sep 18 10:44:34 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 21-Sep-85 09:55:02 EDT References: <183@gargoyle.UUCP> <255@ccivax.UUCP> Reply-To: rick@uwmacc.UUCP (Rick Keir) Distribution: net Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 29 In article <255@ccivax.UUCP> rb@ccivax.UUCP (rex ballard) writes: >Most urgent needs are some sort of communications package with binary >download capability. I called Atari, and they claim that they are shipping Kermit with the C compiler/assembler/linker package. I don't know if this version can do binary downloads or just 7-bit, and don't much care, as so many mailer systems chew up 8-bit files. A version of the binhex 4.0 protocol (Macintosh 8-bit to 7-bit file coding) would be nice.... ("What's this Kermit thing?". Kermit is a communications protocol developed at Columbia University to facilitate transmission of text files between mainframes and micros. Many versions support 8-bit file transfer. It has good error-checking, although it is slow. Kermit is available for damn near everything: if you want your Cray-1 to talk to your Commodore 64, they both speak Kermit. Kermit is available through many user's groups. Columbia U. will NOT supply disks with Kermit on it to people. They do sell tapes with the entire Kermit collection (mainframe and micro), if you need to bootstrap it. okstate and cu20b have Kermit online in various versions for uucp and ftp, respectively.) -- "For it's cheer up my lads, let your heart never fear when you stay home from the free lanes, for to be a profiteer" - to the tune of Bonnie Ship the Diamond Rick Keir -- MicroComputer Information Center, MACC 1210 West Dayton St/U Wisconsin Madison/Mad WI 53706 {allegra, ihnp4, seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!rick