Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!udel!sbcs!ekarlin From: ekarlin@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Erik S Karlin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Bobterm in general Keywords: Help, binary vs text Message-ID: <10005@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Date: 9 Jun 90 23:28:55 GMT Sender: news@sbcs.sunysb.edu Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook Lines: 25 Hello, I have been using both bobterm and chameleon as terminal programs to transfer files with...but I have a question Chameleon uses kermit protocol and I know when to use binary vs. text mode when transferring files BUT Bobterm has the ascii <--> atascii translation...can anyone tell me when I should use this feature...I read the doc but I still was lost. I like the 1k-transfer of bobterm but I find it kinda touchy and a little unreliable..but then again I can't get k-65 to work either! I hope that this will be the problem... Please let me know either here or at mail address below. Thanx in advance -- Stress -- That confusion created when one's | | | ekarlin @ mine overrides the body's basic | | | libserv1.ic. desire to choke the living s**t out / | \ sunysb.edu of some a**hole who depserately needs it. / | \ Atari 8-bit