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From: morgan@camtwh.UUCP (Morgan W. Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: X,Y or ZModem on Unix
Keywords: Download protocols
Message-ID: <231@camtwh.UUCP>
Date: 18 Oct 89 14:26:58 GMT
References: <753@sys.uea.ac.uk> <15571@netnews.upenn.edu>
Reply-To: morgan@camtwh.UUCP (Morgan Jones)
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In article <15571@netnews.upenn.edu> strasser@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP ( Colin J. Strasser.) writes:
>Speaking of using Kermit to download Amiga files, I have a question.  I use
>Diga! to connect to my LAN and then to my school's Vax.  To do this I must 
>set Diga! to 7E1.  But from what I can figure, Kermit uses 8N1.  Hence, I 
>can't transfer binaries right, since the high bit keeps getting stripped 

You have to set both kermits 7E1 and Binary mode.  You might want to
set up a .kermrc file on the Unix end (assuming such) with something
like the following in it:

	set parity even
	set file type binary
	set file name literal

And you may also want to set Diga to binary mode as well.
-- 
Morgan W. Jones					(morgan@camtwh)
Orama Incorporated, Toronto, Canada.		(416) 369-5088