Newsgroups: bit.listserv.pacs-l
Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 11:35:01 CDT
From:         Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Library Automation--Comments & Questions

6 Messages, 103 Lines
1) C-KERMIT and TCP/IP
2) tn3270 Keymapping
3) BBS for LAN
4) Planning for Automation
5) Public Dial-Up to Online Catalogs
6) Kermit Protocol

Please respond directly to the authors, not PACS-L.  Thanks, Dana
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From: "Richard Burtt, Beloit College, (608) 363-2727" <BURTT@LIB.BELOIT.EDU>
Subject: C-KERMIT and TCP/IP

I have heard that C-KERMIT can be used with TCP/IP to create scripts so that
the TELNET protocol can be used in non-interactive processes, and so that the
script will send the appropriate login information to a remote host.  Has
anyone ever used C-KERMIT for this purpose?  We would very much like to hear
from those who have.

Richard Burtt                            Voice:  608.363.2727
Beloit College                           FAX:    608.363.2487
BURTT@LIB.BELOIT.EDU
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From: debh@inst.augie.edu (Deb Hagemeier)
Subject: tn3270 keymapping

Greetings from the Rushmore state--

Does anyone out there know something about keymapping for tn3270?  I can obtain
a picture of the keyboard, but I need to know what is being sent to the
mainframe by each key.  I have an IBM RS6000 on campus and I am having
difficulty using Ebsconet via Internet.  If you have any experience with
this, please contact me directly or via list if you think others would be
interested!

Thanks to previous PACS-L participants for some interesting chatter.

Deb Hagemeier
Bibliographic Access Librarian
Mikkelsen Library
Augustana College
Sioux Falls, SD  57197
605-336-4921
debh@inst.augie.edu
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From: eadkins@med.unc.edu (Ellen K. Adkins)
Subject: BBS for LAN

I work for a small hospital library.  I am trying to come up with
some sort of bulletin board system to operate on our hospital LAN
(a Novell network).  I would like to be able to post continuing
education calendars, new book lists, etc. and enable people to send information
 requests to us.  The BBS's I have seen are not primarily designed to operate in
 a network environment and would take a lot of modification to do what I want.
In fact, I've already spent more time than I'd like to admit with RBBS-PC
trying to make it simple enough for general use.  Can anybody offer
suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Ellen
eadkins@med.unc.edu
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From: "Patricia Lyons Basu (216)569-5353" <BASUPL@HIRAMB>
Subject: planning for automation

Our library is engaged in a $7 million building & automation project which
we hope will be completed in 1995.  Our staff & the computer ctr. director
are impressed with III, but we have not yet begun the official vendor
selection process.  I have 2 questions. (1) Has anyone sidestepped the
RFP and simply evaluated on the basis on vendor demos?  If so, any
regrets?  (2) Has anyone automated in conjunction with planning for
a new building?  What schedule worked for you?  Automating before
the move is out of the question; funds are not yet available and
the current building is not able to sustain much more tinkering with
space and electrical requirements.--Pat Basu, Hiram College Library,
Hiram, OH  44234.
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From: Terri Lynn Jolly <tjolly@tenet.edu>
Subject: Public dial-up to online cataloges

Our DRA Consortium is studing having ports for the public to dial into the
online catalog.  I need to know anyone who has this service in a public
library setting.  If you could comment on the advantages and the problem
it would be very helpful for the research I am doing.
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From:    ADM_LIB2@VAX1.UTULSA.EDU
Subject: KERMIT PROTOCOL
If someone has successfully downloaded from vax1 using kermit protocol to a pc
please explain how to do it.  We are using ProComm ( not plus) and cannot
 transfer
any files.  At the $ prompt we type in "kermit" and enter.  At the kermit-32>
we type in "send dummy.txt;1"
At that point Pg-Dn is pressed and the Kermit protocol selected.  The kermit
window appears with the last message saying "Exchanging Initialization
 parameters
" then flashing packet resent and eventually aborting with nothing being
 received.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.  Send to ADM_LIB2@vax1.utulsa.edu
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