Re: [Freedos-user] XMODEM-compatible terminal software

2018-07-02 Thread Ralf Quint
On 7/2/2018 7:58 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote: > Which doesn't explain why the copywright > office didn't find anything for "Crosstalk" > which was after 1978. Which is nonsense to begin with, as there simply can't be any DOS software before 1981, the year the first MS/PC-DOS version came out. That

Re: [Freedos-user] XMODEM-compatible terminal software

2018-07-02 Thread Dale E Sterner
According to your very useful link. Before Jan 1 1978, copywrights had to be renewed or they expired to public domain. After that you no longer had to renew, it was automatic. Anything before 1/1/78 is now public if it wasn't renewed. Which doesn't explain why the copywright office didn't find

Re: [Freedos-user] XMODEM-compatible terminal software

2018-07-02 Thread geneb
On Sun, 1 Jul 2018, Dale E Sterner wrote: I only know what the report said. Laws may have changed. A woman I know who writes music said she has to renew her stuff once in awhile. How can you have a copywrite if you don't register it with some goverment some where. *sigh* I give up. g. --

Re: [Freedos-user] XMODEM-compatible terminal software

2018-07-01 Thread Dale E Sterner
I only know what the report said. Laws may have changed. A woman I know who writes music said she has to renew her stuff once in awhile. How can you have a copywrite if you don't register it with some goverment some where. DS . On Sat, 30 Jun 2018 16:35:50 -0700 (PDT) geneb writes: > On Sat,

Re: [Freedos-user] XMODEM-compatible terminal software

2018-06-30 Thread geneb
On Sat, 30 Jun 2018, Dale E Sterner wrote: Copywrite office replied that they couldn't find any record of it. It was old and they purged it. Copywrites can last almost forever if you keep renewing it. I had to pay for their reseach time; at least it wasn't a fortune. I was sweating a $1,000

Re: [Freedos-user] XMODEM-compatible terminal software

2018-06-30 Thread Dale E Sterner
Copywrite office replied that they couldn't find any record of it. It was old and they purged it. Copywrites can last almost forever if you keep renewing it. I had to pay for their reseach time; at least it wasn't a fortune. I was sweating a $1,000 bill. They simply bill you for their work; you

Re: [Freedos-user] XMODEM-compatible terminal software

2018-06-29 Thread geneb
On Fri, 29 Jun 2018, jamie marchant wrote: Does it not very from country to country? CrossTalk was made by MicroPro (if memory serves), which is a US company. That being said, copyright law has been sufficiently corrupted world-wide that you will be dead before anything created in your

Re: [Freedos-user] XMODEM-compatible terminal software

2018-06-29 Thread jamie marchant
Does it not very from country to country? On 06/29/2018 12:40 PM, geneb wrote: On Fri, 29 Jun 2018, Dale E Sterner wrote: For file transfers I always used Crosstalk (aka xtalk) for file transfers. Its very hard to find anywhere. If you do find it; there isn't any copyright left on it. I paid

Re: [Freedos-user] XMODEM-compatible terminal software

2018-06-29 Thread geneb
On Fri, 29 Jun 2018, Dale E Sterner wrote: For file transfers I always used Crosstalk (aka xtalk) for file transfers. Its very hard to find anywhere. If you do find it; there isn't any copyright left on it. I paid the copywrite office $20 to tell me that. I'd love to have the source code for

Re: [Freedos-user] XMODEM-compatible terminal software

2018-06-29 Thread Dale E Sterner
For file transfers I always used Crosstalk (aka xtalk) for file transfers. Its very hard to find anywhere. If you do find it; there isn't any copyright left on it. I paid the copywrite office $20 to tell me that. I'd love to have the source code for it. cheers DS On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 12:46:06

Re: [Freedos-user] XMODEM-compatible terminal software

2018-06-29 Thread geneb
On Thu, 28 Jun 2018, David McMackins wrote: I managed to get a copy of MS-DOS Kermit. Think that'll work? Only if the transfer protocol you want to use is Kermit. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go

Re: [Freedos-user] XMODEM-compatible terminal software

2018-06-29 Thread Ralf Quint
On 6/28/2018 8:24 PM, David McMackins wrote: I managed to get a copy of MS-DOS Kermit. Think that'll work? It's a long time since I had to use it, but I think for transferring stuff between such dissimilar systems, Kermit is the best choice... --- This email has been checked for viruses by

Re: [Freedos-user] XMODEM-compatible terminal software

2018-06-28 Thread David McMackins
I managed to get a copy of MS-DOS Kermit. Think that'll work? Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation (#2296972) Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.eff.org www.gnu.org www.fsf.org On

Re: [Freedos-user] XMODEM-compatible terminal software

2018-06-28 Thread geneb
On Thu, 28 Jun 2018, cont...@mcmackins.org wrote: I see in the Utilities section there is a VT100 emulator, but from the readme it doesn't seem like it supports XMODEM-protocol data transfer. What software can I get for DOS that supports this? My purpose for this is serial communication with