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Re: WWW browser for gs.os??????



Michael Elliott <cv985@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote:

> Correction--
>FTP DOES NOT require TCP- I do it EVERY DAY with my GS. You CAN ftp with
>just a shell account. Then you simply download the file using
>Z-modem/Kermit. (which Spetrum, though not necessarily SIS, does)

But, you are still using TCP/IP on the UNIX machine to FTP the file.  We
are talking about FTPing a file directly to the GS without saving anything
on the UNIX machine.  One can easily FTP an ASCII file from a FTP site
directly to the IIGS using a custom script with Spectrum.

Geoff
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