Dear William Tanenbaum (or whoever intercepts this):

We obtained your HOST program from Fermilab several years ago and use it
constantly for dialing out of our VAX to other computers.  We have made
several improvements and cosmetic changes.  I get frequent requests
for it from other sites, but have always felt inhibited since I have never
gotten your permission nor sent you a copy of the  changes we have made
locally.  I would like to let more sites use it by putting it in the
public domain DECUS (DEC Users Society) library and putting it on the
Fall 1985 DECUS Symposium VAX tape December 8-14, 1985.
I am asking your permission and
asking for your address so I can send a copy of our version of HOST
directly to you.

Some of the major changes are autodialing, XMODEM error-correcting file
transfer, and automatic switching to a 'chunky' mode to reduce CPU usage
when lots of characters are transferred.

Please respond quickly, especially if you object, since I am leaving for
the DECUS Symposium early December 8.

Thank you for writing HOST, it has been the answer to lots of our needs.

J.James Belonis II
VAX Computer Cost Center Manager
Physics Hall FM-15
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195
(206)-545-8695
BELONIS@UWAPHAST.BITNET