Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!bsu-cs!aegnor
From: aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David C. Powell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: MS-DOS FileSystem (LONG)
Message-ID: <10014@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Date: 10 Aug 89 22:38:37 GMT
References: <21224@louie.udel.EDU> <421@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Reply-To: aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David C. Powell)
Organization: Xetwnk Industries, Ltd.
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In article <421@eagle.wesleyan.edu> jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
>In article <21224@louie.udel.EDU>, jones@uv4.eglin.af.mil (Calvin Jones, III) writes:
>[description of CrossDOS]
>
>> The file MSDFS302.ZOO is available on the Hobbit Hole, 904-243-6219, 
>> 1200-9600HST.  No fees, no hassle!
>
>No hassle? I tried four times to call and it hung up on me every time.
>
>] Press RETURN...
>(I did it)
>] Hobbit Node 1 2400 8N1
>*> click! *<
>
>Nice!
>--
>James A. Treworgy               "You should have seen me with the poker man,
(signature deleted for some measure of brevity)

Well, *I* had an entirely different thing happen:  Using a 1200 baud
modem I called from (4 letter word ahead do *NOT* blanch! ;-) ) a Mac II
running Kermit (which does VT100 emulation) from work (Ball State University
, which kindly lets me use their equipment...  :-) )  and had NO problems
what so EVER, I logged in, 'filled out' the application, and was
INSTANTLY approved*..  Hmm...  just out of curiosity, what *TYPE* of 2400
baud modem were YOU using, I have heard that the Supra 2400 generates a
slightly 'off' 2400 baud TONE, so that could have been your problem..  then
again, the HST modem could have mistaken you for a BALROG and logged you
off in self defense!!!!  :-) :-) :-)

Sincerly a VERY satisfied Hobbit Hole user (and DEVOUT Tolkien fan!)

*Note: the Sysop 'Bilbo' was 'on' when I called, and approved me after I had
       filled out the application, he seemed like a thouroughly (sp?) nice
       guy, and even helped me FIND the Cross-dos .zoo file...  DL'ed
       the file in a little under 1 hour to boot, at 1200 Baud, that was
       D^&N good throughput!!!!!!  (was about 103,000 bytes long...)
                                  
                                  David C. Powell
                                  M.I.S. Senior
                                  Ball State University
                                  Muncie, Indiana


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