[Coco] Mini Host app

[Rod Barnhart]

It may have been a lazy sysop who had misconfigure his external
protocols ;) I know that the problem went away when I switched to
Telix, though.

On 5/13/09, Rogelio Perea <os9dude at gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting. I never had a problem downloading/uploading stuff over the
> ProComm Plus mini-host when using the CoCo 3 and an external 2400 modem on
> the bitbagner (Ken Johnston's Ultimaterm 4.1 IIRC), but... same general
> setup but on a direct connect null modem cable end-to-end-same-room it would
> give a couple of retries due to bad CRC reports... same thing now with the
> bluetooth pak on the CoCo 1 (MickeyTerm 4.7)... I just ignore those first
> tense moments waiting for the transfer to initiate properly ;-)
>
>
>
> --=[ Rogelio ]=-
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Rod Barnhart
> <rod.barnhart at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I remember back in the late 80s or early 90s, I was using ProComm Plus
>> but had all sorts of problems with data transfers. One of the local
>> Wildcat sysops turned me onto Telix, and I used it pretty much from
>> then until I quit actually dialing out via my PC. I even found a
>> 3rd-party SALT script that was a nearly full-featured BBS package
>> (IIRC, there was no Fido support) called Host4 that I set up for some
>> of the local sysops to use.
>>
>> --
>> Rod Barnhart
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Rogelio Perea <os9dude at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Thanks for pointing at Telix... I just tested it in my office WinXP and
>> ran
>> > just fine, does go beyond COM4. Now I just need to test it at home later
>> on.
>> > It's mini host seems more robust than the one the DOS version of ProComm
>> > Plus came with, it's scripted so it is easy to go in under the hood and
>> do
>> > some custom stuff in there if so inclined.
>> >
>> > As a side note, ProComm Plus ended up being bought by Symantec, and not
>> too
>> > long ago it was dropped from their product list. From what I read on
>> > Symantec's site, there were some unresolved XP compatibility issues left
>> > as-is. not much in there about features and capabilities of the software
>> in
>> > regards of a host mode.
>> >
>> > Back in the 80s, we had an MSDOS computer at work with which we could
>> access
>> > CompuServe and other networks - started off with a 2400 modem and in the
>> > decade's later years a screaming fast Hayes 9600 showed up - I would
>> > stay
>> up
>> > late doing 'homework' while browsing the CoCo libraries at the CoCo SIG,
>> > download whatever came my way and then leave the office setting ProComm
>> plus
>> > into its MiniHost mode; got home, fired up the CoCo and then called the
>> > office (local call, no LD nor international dialing as I was living in
>> > México then). Very cost effective for my student finances :-)
>>
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