Date   : Sat, 19 Mar 1988 18:44:23 GMT
From   : bsu-cs!neubauer@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Paul Neubauer)
Subject: FTP [was Re: Columbia and Kermit directory}

In article <8803181340.AA16185@NADC.ARPA> prindle@NADC.ARPA (Frank Prindle)
writes:
>Kermit files are still available, as they always were, via anonymous FTP from
                                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>directory "ker:" on machine "cu20b.columbia.edu". 

Being a relative novice in the telecommunications area, this may be a stupid 
question, but is 'anonymous FTP' something that we, in the CP/M world can 
participate in directly.  Most of the modem telecommunications software that
I know of supports XMODEM protocol, and of course, there is KERMIT, which
has its own protocol.  I thought FTP was a separate and distinct protocol.
Do we need to have the FTPing done thru a *nix system, or can we FTP with a
CP/M system?  If someone knows the answer to this, I would appreciate
hearing what it is.  Thanks.

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Paul Neubauer         neubauer@bsu-cs.UUCP
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