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- The following is a description of the NCSA/BYU Telnet program...
-
- BYU has implemented a very primitive ftp client in the NCSA Telnet
- application for the Macintosh. This means that you can use this
- application to do high speed "MacBinary" transfers between Macintosh
- systems that are connected to the same network. You can also FTP
- directly from a Mac to any FTP servers (like sumex-aim at Stanford),
- which you can not do with the original NCSA Telnet application.
-
- There is no cost for this application, and the source code is
- available for both MPW and LightSpeed C.
-
- Note: NCSA is not responsible for maintenance of this version, so
- please don't bother them with problem reports. Instead, send
- problems and suggestions to Jim Logan at "loganj@yvax.byu.edu".
-
- This ftp client is implemented in the non-Mac "command and scroll" style
- (of older and lower life forms). We're making this version available
- now for others who need the outgoing ftp capability and aren't fussy
- about interface elegance.
-
- Known problems:
-
- 1. Only one outgoing ftp session can be active at one time, but it does
- work okay with simultaneous Telnet sessions and incoming ftp activity.
-
- 2. There is no "ftp>" prompt as you find on most other systems. So when
- an ftp session is established you login by typing "user username",
- then type your password on the next line. We'll fix the user interface
- after we decide what to do and when we have time to work on it.
-
- This is not a commitment to provide maintenance support, and since we're
- busy we might not be able to respond.
-
- VERSION 2.3.1 improvements...
-
- 1. NCSA's FTP client code added.
-
- 2. Holding down the shift key while pressing "cmd F" during a "Telnet"
- session sends the FTP command without the "-n", which is necessary
- for some non-unix systems like VAX/VMS.
-
- VERSION 2.3.2 improvements...
-
- 1. Problem with the VT100 emulation of scrolling
- regions which causes the Mac to crash in some situations.
-
- 2. FTP client "MGET" and "MPUT" functions are working properly, and
- ftp server "NLST" related functions (i.e., MPUT & MGET) work much better.
-
- VERSION 2.3.3 problems & improvements...
-
- 1. Problem reported by Ted Nieland of Control Data Corporation (25 Jun 1990):
- Session one: A telnet session to a host
- Session two: A FTP client session to same host as session one.
- Start a MGET from session two.
- Switch to session one. After the current file gets finished in session
- two, session one turns into a ftp session
- and the further requests from the MGET go to it and subsequently fail.
-
- Status: Fixed.
-
- 2. Requested improvement from Russell Owen (31 Aug 1990):
- Implement a way of opening an ftp session purely from the keyboard;
- either by bringing up the Open Session... dialog box with "ftp"
- already checked (e.g. by cmd-option-O), or by allowing some key
- command to toggle the "ftp" check box.
-
- Status: Done: Command F now toggles the "FTP Session" check box.
-
- 3. Problem reported by "PWF@vx.acs.umn.edu":
- During the option negotiation between NCSA Telnet and the Multinet server
- an '!' exclamation mark keeps on appearing before the Username: prompt.
- Has anyone run into this before? I'm using NCSA Telnet 2.3g for the
- Macintosh. I haven't run into it yet logging into any other system
- except Vaxen using Multinet.
-
- Status: Fixed, and reported to NCSA.
-
- 4. FTP client "mget" function not working on Mac II FX.
-
- Status: Fixed.
-
- VERSION 2.3.4 improvements...
-
- 1. Problem & solution reported by David Palmer (16 Dec 1990):
- Tektronix graphics "x coordinates can be up to 3 pixels off, which
- means that if you have a line in two segments, the ends don't match
- up properly.
-
- Status: Fixed.
-
- 2. Dynamic IP assignment broken in version 2.3.3.
-
- Status: Fixed.
-
- Future:
-
- 1. FTP client initiated file transfers that fail with a result code of "5XX"
- leave the Macintosh file open until the application quits.
-
- Status: Not fixed yet.
-
- Regards,
- Jim Logan
- bitnet: loganj@byuvax.bitnet
- internet: loganj@yvax.byu.edu
-