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Subject:	Re: File transfer util in DR-DOS?
From:	David Oberst <oberlists AT stats DOT gov DOT nt DOT ca>
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on 1/31/04 7:34 PM, Ben A L Jemmett at ben DOT jemmett AT ukonline DOT co DOT uk wrote:

> The old VLM client for DOS is the only one that will access a Personal NetWare
> server.  At a protocol level, PNW and NetWare itself are incompatible, so the
> other Novell clients won't talk to PNW.

I was afraid of this.  Oh well, on to the serial port.  Our oldest Mac
laptop actually did have a serial port, but it is now in the land of
disrepair.  I'll have to find someone to borrow a PC from.

>> I may be able to connect a laptop to one of the machines via serial cable.
>> Is there by any chance any sort of terminal or file transfer program that
>> would be available on a basic DR-DOS install?
> 
> There is, and it's called FILELINK.  It's got the usual bootstrap routine so
> you can start it on one machine and copy it over to the other end without
> having to install DR-DOS (if you don't already have it at the other end).

Thanks,
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     David Oberst/NWT Bureau of Statistics/Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
     [Explore Canada's Arctic]

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