Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!DRCVAX.ARPA!graham From: graham@DRCVAX.ARPA ("Daniel J. Graham") Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: VAX TO PHONE LINE, TRANSFERRING FILES Message-ID: <8707281100.AA01356@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Mon, 27-Jul-87 15:10:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8707281100.AA01356 Posted: Mon Jul 27 15:10:00 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jul-87 05:34:03 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: "Daniel J. Graham"Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 36 Greetings and Pervarications: I find that I need some help. Here is the scenerio: Our VAX 780 is tied to a Micom switch that also has a few modems on it as outdial lines. A user may log into the VAX, or may choose Outdial and have direct access to a modem for dialing things like DSIN. If the user has a PC for capturing the material he/she gets over the phone line, great, but if just a terminal, he is relegated to printing what comes over the terminal, than keying it back into the VAX. Our communications people will gladly make a direct connection from the Outdial service to a port on the VAX. What I need is a program that I can run that will attach itself to that port, send commands to it, and read the material coming from it and send it to my terminal and a file. Since DSIN and many bulletin boards don't have Kermit like packages, The program has to be completely self-supporting, no handshaking. Sending stuf to the port is as simple as opening the terminal port, say TTA0: as a file and writing to it. Reading what comes back is a different matter, though. This is where I am stuck. How do I know how many reads to issue? How can the program know that a carriage return, or a, "a" or whatever is required in order to continue receiving output. If the data is displayed to the screen, I can know that, but then how is the interaction handeled?? I am rather ignorant about communications and the like. Perhaps I am creating a problem that has been solved long ago. I solicit your suggestions, and possibly programs to do what I need. I appreciate all the help I can get on this one. Thanks very much, Dan Graham GRAHAM@DRCVAX.ARPA ------