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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Two Problems
Message-ID: <13389@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 23 Jul 90 18:44:09 GMT
References: <9007140344.AA13078@apple.com>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <9007140344.AA13078@apple.com> "Ed 'Apple Guru' Moore"  <TSEMM%ALASKA.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu> writes:
>1>  Recently my 3.5 drive has made some whistling sounds when it runs...

There are several possible causes of this, for example oxide accumulated
in the pressure pad.  Try using a disk drive cleaner.  The vibration
cannot be good for the R/W head.

>2>  I'm using Proterm to call our Vax 8600 here.  I can't get Zmodem to
>work...I can send files just fine, but when I try to receve files, the result
>is a file with Control j's insted of Returns.  I can't seem to change
>(correct) the problem with options.  Any Ideas?

I use a different set of file transfer programs, and UMODEM protocol;
however, I have similar problems -- the UNIX "umodem" program does not
insert line delimiters in receive-text mode, so I have to use binary
mode, but since Apple II text file line delimiters are normally CRs
while UNIX convention is LF, some translation must be done.  I wrote a
pair of transfer-archive utilities (in C) that I use on both ends to
facilitate transfer of batches of text files via the binary mode; if
you can use these, drop me a note.  The alternative is to translate the
LFs to CRs and vice-versa on one end or the other, using whatever
utilities are available (on UNIX, "tr"; on GS/OS, Glen Bredon's "FIXER").