Date   : Sat, 15 Jan 1983 0717-:00PST
From   : LHILL@usc-eclb.arpa
Subject: File transfer

  This message is to thank the several people who responded to
my eairlier request about how to transfer files from the
mainframes to my micro, and to condense that advice for others
who might be interested. Most notable of the advisors was the 
info received from Bill Rizzi <RIZZI at ISIB> and Frank Wancho
<FJW at MIT-MC>.
   The best single piece of advice I can give is to get the
file modem.doc from SRI-KL, print it and save it!To do this:
    FTP
    *SRI-KL
    *LOGIN ANONYMOUS XYZ
    *ASCII
    *GET <BILLW>MODEM.DOC
       (to local file) MODEM.DOC
    *DIR <BILLW>                   Mightt as well get this
       (to local file)BILLS.DIR    dir while your here.
    *BYE
    [C
Now typ it out to your printer. The major subheadings
of this 13 page file are:
   TOPS-20
   UNIX
   VAX running VMS
   IBM PC
   TRS MOD I II & III
   APPLE
   CPM
   ATARI
   A Tutorial on prococol
It tells you what programs apply to the various systems and
where to get them!!!
   As for me I can't report success as yet. With Bill and Franks
help I do have a CPM version of MODEM which runs on the TOPS-20
in my space and ready to go. But at almost the exact point of
file Xfer the serial port died and my machine is now being
repaired. I am back on my TRS at the moment, and without a
MODEM80 program can't handle the protocol. So any of you who
are successful and find any additional
nuances which need to be overcome, I would appriciate the
feedback.

Lem Hill <LHILL at ECLB>