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From: dbsuther@PacBell.COM (Daniel B. Suthers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: What Kermit/UNITERM bugs?
Summary: Some light
Message-ID: <31163@pbhya.PacBell.COM>
Date: 5 Dec 89 05:11:43 GMT
References: <2748@dogie.macc.wisc.edu> <89337.135453SML108@PSUVM.BITNET>
Reply-To: dbsuther@PacBell.COM (Daniel B. Suthers)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
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In article <89337.135453SML108@PSUVM.BITNET> SML108@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
>On the subject of kermits and ST's...
>
>I also use the Uniterm Kermit to transfer to and from my ST.  it works fine wit
>h VAX computer systems, however weird, VERY WEIRD stuff happens with Unix sys-
>tems, both System V and 4.3bsd.  It works fine transferring text files, but
>gives a potpourri of errors with binary files.  This DOES NOT HAPPEN ON VAXES!

I have no idea why it eventually works with the retries set high enough, but 
I have found that some UNIX kermits default to binary, and some to text.  It
becomes important to specify [binay/text] on BOTH ends to get a valid transfer.

Some of the unix ports don't always switch properly between 7 and 8 bit modes
either.  It's always best to match up before starting the transfer; after all
it is PD software and no-one is playing gaurdian.


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