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Brad's Send/Receive Program (BSR.EXE, BS.BAS, BR.BAS) Version 1.2
2-21-89
The only other thing your laptop needs is a bellybutton. (I haven't
seen mine in years!)
Do you need to transfer files between two PC's with different diskette
types? The programs in BSR.ARC make this process simple and fast. This
is great if you have a laptop with a 3-1/2" disk and a desktop with
5-1/4" - or any other two PCs.
To do this you need:
1) a COM1 or COM2 port on each PC
2) either
a) a standard RS-232 cable with a null modem
(a null modem is a little connector you can buy
at most computer stores, Radio Shack, or INMAC)
b) a null-modem cable (my laptop came with one - you can
also buy these at computer stores or by mail).
Part of the problem with commercial "bridge" programs is that you have
to remember to take a 5-1/4" copy of the software with you everywhere
you go, or you will be sure to need it when you don't have it.
This system includes a small but powerful "bootstrap" program written in
GWBASIC or BASICA (the BASIC that comes with MS-DOS/PC-DOS). If you find
it necessary to do file transfer and you don't have your bridge program
with you, you can type in the receive program in 2 minutes , and send
any kind of data between PCs.
Complete documentation of these programs is in BSBR.DOC. The sending
program is BS.BAS, the receiving program is BR.BAS. They work on any
PC with a COM 1 or 2 serial port.
You can then transfer the faster BSR.EXE program to the receiving PC,
and transfer multiple files with wildcards at baud rates to 115200. It's
just as fast as most commercial bridge programs, using error correction,
automatic retransmit, variable packet sizes, and it copies the source
file date and time to the destination file.
BSR.EXE will transfer a mostly full (600K) diskette to a receiving PC's
hard drive in as little as 4 minutes, 30 seconds. Transfer time is de-
pendent on number of files and whether retransmit occurs. The clock speed
of your PC also matters, but not as much as you might think.
The BSR.EXE program is written in QuickBasic 4.0 (plus assembly for the
communications - BASIC communications are SLOOOOOOOOW!). This means you
must be using DOS 2.1 or later. We do not suggest using DOS 3.1 - it
seems to have BUGS in it.
You can speed up transfer time by copying the files to your laptop's
ramdisk, and transferring them from there.
The simplest use of BSR is to type
BSR R
on the receiving PC. (The HOST).
Then type
BSR S
on the sending PC (The REMOTE).
You can then upload files to the host by typing in the filename. MS-DOS
wildcard characters * and ? are also okay. When you have transferred all
the files, just press the Enter key at the file name prompt to end the
programs.
You can also send in batch mode by typing
BSR S <filename>
on the sending computer. You can use wildcards here also. For example
BSR S *.WKS
to send your worksheets to the host PC. BSR will stop itself after sending
files in batch mode (so it's easy to set up a .BAT file to do the transfer).
You can use disk drives (B:,C:,etc.) or subdirectories (B:\LOTUS\) on
the sending PC only. It will open the proper file, strip off the path,
and send the file to the receiving PC. The receiving PC always puts the
files into the current directory.
If you need to upload files into a directory (such as \WP) that does not
contain BSR.EXE, do a CD \WP, then start BSR.EXE by typing in its full
pathname (for example, if it is in the root directory, \BSR.EXE).
If you use this software, please send us $20 for it. We'll send you the
latest version of all three programs, plus PD utilities that we like
best. Send Cash, Check, MO, VISA, MC, or Amex. The address is below.
Yes, we send them on both 3-1/2" and 5-1/4" diskettes.
The following is the display screen that you get when you type
BSR
without any command line arguments. If you press a key while this is
displayed, it will pause the display while you read it. Then press another
key to continue. Press P or p if you want to print out the order form.
When you order the software, we will include the latest version of
BSR.EXE, plus the best PD utilities we have found.
___________________Display Screen_____________________________________________
Press any key to pause this display...
Brad's Send Receive program (BSR.EXE)
Send/Receive files between two PCs (such as laptop and host)
Wire two PC's together serial port to serial port by null-modem
cable (avaliable at computer store). Use BSR S on one, BSR R on other.
options (baud & packet size) must MATCH on both computers
Usage: BSR <options> [<file name /or/ wildcard>]
baud rates: 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 76800 115200(default)
on COM port 1(default) or 2 using wildcards (* or ?) or single file at a time
S - send R -receive(default) packet size P256 P512 P1024 P2048 P3072 P4096
Examples:
BSR 2 9600 S MYFILE.* = Port 2 9600 baud Sendmode MYFILE.*
BSR = receive files at port 1 115200 baud
BSR S *.DAT = send *.DAT port 1 115200 baud
BSR S = send port 1 115200 baud ask for files
If you use this program, please send $20 (cash, check, Visa/MC) to:
Alfie Jensen's College Fund, PO Box 471404, Tulsa OK 74147
and we will send a 5-1/4 AND 3-1/2 diskette of PD utilities
plus the latest version of this software
_____________End of Display Screen____________________________________________