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diff --git a/comms/ecu/pkg-descr b/comms/ecu/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1dd5c1cde879 --- /dev/null +++ b/comms/ecu/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ + ECU (Extended Call Utility) is a personal and research communications + program originally written for users of SCO UNIX V.3.2/386 and XENIX V + on 80286 and 80386 systems. Support for other systems has been added + and further porting is possible with "minor" effort to other systems + based on or similar to UNIX System V. + + ECU provides the classic terminal communications facility of passing + keyboard data to a serial line and incoming data to the computer video + display. In addition, a dialing directory, a function key mapping + feature, and session logging are available. + + A very flexible procedure (script) language is also incorporated to + automate many communications tasks. In addition to augmenting + interactive tasks, by using shell scripts and ECU procedures, ECU can + perform batch-style communications sessions in an entirely "unattended" + fashion. + + ECU presents to the host a flexible "ANSI" terminal type, accepting any + valid video control sequences from MS-DOS or SCO documentation as of + late 1990. It also fares well, though imperfectly, with Sun and VT-100 + in-band video control sequences. Standards are great: everybody should + have one, especially if they call it "ANSI." + + The program supports almost any local terminal (console) which can be + described in a termcap database entry. For more information, refer to + "Supported Terminals." + + ECU supports numerous file transfer protocols: as of this writing, + XMODEM, XMODEM/CRC, XMODEM-1K, YMODEM/CRC Batch, ZMODEM/CRC-16, + ZMODEM/CRC-32, Kermit and SEAlink are supported. + |