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From: jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Looking For Comm S/W for Unix
Message-ID: <1992Jun19.050703.19106@jpradley.jpr.com>
Date: 19 Jun 92 05:07:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: jpradley.1992Jun19.050703.19106
References: <1992Jun17.183134.10347@lsil.com>
Organization: Unix in NYC
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In article <1992Jun17.183134.10347@lsil.com> mitch@lsil.com writes:
>My need is as follows:  I want to telnet into my workstation from outside
>the company, then dial out through the serial port on my workstation to
>my local BBS, download something, and go away.  Basically, remote
>access with local dialing, i.e.  if I'm in Japan and want to dialup
>my BBS in California I should be able to telnet through to my workstation
>in California, make a local call to the BBS in California, all being
>controlled from Japan.
>
>Kermit doesn't seem to work.  I need something a bit more sophisticated
>using XMODEM or ZMODEM but controlled from the workstation.  I know there
>are X and ZMODEM emulators that work when data is being pushed to the
>workstation but I need to be able to initiate the transfer from the
>workstation.


Maybe XC would work for you. It can use external rz/sz programs, and has
xmodem built-in.

I submitted version 4.0 to comp.sources.unix last weekend, but I have had
no sign from the moderator. If you're desperate, write back, so I can be
sure of your mailpath, and I'll mail back five shar files of source code.

-- 
Jean-Pierre Radley   Unix in NYC   jpr@jpr.com   jpradley!jpr   CIS: 72160,1341