Free software BY Project Software & Development, Inc. This software is furnished for free and may be used and copied as desired. This software or any other copies thereof may be provided or otherwise made available to any other person. No title to and ownership of the software is hereby transferred or allowed. The information in this software is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by PROJECT SOFTWARE AND DEVELOPMENT, INC. PROJECT SOFTWARE assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of this software on any equipment whatsoever. Project Software & Development, Inc. 14 Story St. Cambridge, Ma. 02138 617-661-1444 Program: RSXNET Author: Robin Miller / Gary Larsen Date: Fall 1984 Description: RSXNET is a program which allows asynchronous communcations between two computers (systems). Communications can be either directly between the computers using a null modem patch cable (see "HELP PATCH" for the wiring diagram), or over a dialup line (modem). Communications with the remote system (the system you want to talk to) is accomplished using a second port (asynchronous line) on the local system. RSXNET is a sub-set of the VAXNET program which runs on VAX/VMS. The VAXNET program is being submitted to the VMS SIG tape for those who may be interested. Program Features: o Virtual terminal support with no speed limitations. The remote system must use the XOFF/XON flow control protocol to run at high baud rates (typically greater than 1200 baud) or a loss of characters will result. o Logging of the remote terminal session to a disk file. After exiting from RSXNET, a program called REFormat is used to create an output file which can then be printed/edited without problems. o File transfers to a remote system. The SNDRCV program (either FORTRAN or TECO version) is used to transfer files to a remote system with error checking. When this program is unavailable, the DUMP command within RSXNET can be used to send ASCII text to the remote system running any program which accepts input (such as an editor). o Ability to transfer binary files. The MISH program converts any type of file to a printable ASCII format (also compressed) which can be transferred to the remote then converted back into its' original file format.