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From: rayde@hpcvia.CV.HP.COM (ray_depew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: HP48SX Kermit Problems
Message-ID: <31210009@hpcvia.CV.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Mar 90 19:21:26 GMT
References: <1990Mar21.003623.29652@santra.uucp>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon
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(Not speaking for HP officially..... )

Sorry to hear about Juri's problems with Kermit and the HP-48SX.  I've 
used Kermit successfully on PC compatibles and my own (shhh!) Atari ST,
working with the 48 with no problems.  The Kermits (plural?) I've used were:

PC:
     ProComm version 2.4.2
     KERMIT.EXE (the one on the PCLink disk)

ST:
     Flash
     UniTerm
     Kermit

I've tried many 
different options (ASCII/binary, checksums, etc.) and the protocol has
proven to be remarkably robust.

An anecdote:  I was using Kermit to backup my 48 (via I/R) to a colleague's
machine.  Someone else walked up and said, "OOOH, is that the new calculator?"
-- reached down -- we yelled "DON'T!!!" -- too late, he picked one up --
stood there holding it for an ETERNITY -- we snatched it out of his hands
-- put it back on the table -- after another retry, the machines succesfully
completed the transaction.

I can't speak for the Mac community, as there were no Mac cables around when
I did all this work.  But you should find the HP-48SX Kermit to be equally
robust with the Mac.

Good luck.
---------------------------------------------
Ray Depew
another satisfied HP user
HP InkJet Components Operation
hpcvia.com