Transfering text files from iie to pc

[gedalia@mofet.macam98.ac.il]

Ahoy There!
HELP!
How do I transfer Apple iie text files written by DOS word processor to
a PC?

So far I've been using a very cumbersome syste:m: uploading the file to
my Internet host's server by  "Send files option from Proterm. Actually
it works as "Print to the UNIX screen". The Upload involves 6 steps. The
steps are::
1. Convert some text files into Prodos,
2. Start the Proterm comm - Prodos,
3. Login by phone, with Proterm comm, to the Internet host,
4. Enter the host UNIX system and open a file:- vi command,
5. Load a Prodos file to the Proterm and use the "send file" option as
ASCII,
6. Then save the file.
Steps 4-6 took more then 5 minutes for a 10 "blocks" file -my modem is
"only" 2,400.

Downloading  and converting to a doc file is easy: Downloading 10 files
to the PC is done by FTP and takes about 2-3 minutes. Converting a
downloaded UNIX-ASCII file to a doc file takes less then a minute.

Since I have many files to transfer to the PC, I'm looking for a short
cut.
I wonder whether it is possible to connect  directly the iie to the PC -
modem to modem through the telephone line.

I can't use the "Null modem" system because my PC has a parallel port
only.
See FAQ "5.6 How do I transfer files by [null] modem?" Nathan Mates,
(http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html:
   "This is probably the most accessible option; it can be done by an
Apple
     and any other computer as long as both have serial ports, cable to
     go between them,..."

I can't use any transfer protocol available on the Proterm or Kermit
because my host does not provide them.

Thanks for any suggestion,

Gedalia

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