[Simh] Way out idea for simh

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-04-20 20:47, Ken Cornetet wrote:
> Well, I did say it was a wild idea...

It is... Well, maybe not wild. Just way complicated and lots of work for 
something that can be done so much easier.

> But on the other hand, I haven't heard any better suggestions. And the only problems are:

Better? I'd still say that Kermit is better in every way.

> 1. Not all OSes support raw disk access or seekable mag tape.

Why do you need seekable?

> 2. A small LIF transfer utility will have to be written for each OS.

This is not a "small" thing. This would be a huge effort if really 
wanted this to become ubiquitous. And I still fail to see the point. 
We've basically established that binary files will still not work, so 
we're down to text files. Why all these extra steps for something that 
can be done with already existing tools?

> If anyone has better ideas for file transfers, to quote Ross Perot: "I'm all ears"

Kermit. The fact that you (or whoever it was) had problems does not 
invalidate the method. Maybe investigate why there was problems, and 
write up how to solve them, and then be done with it.

	Johnny

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