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From: suess@smaug.cs.hope.edu (Alex &)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: WinQVT 4.3 - Kermit downloads won't work
Message-ID: <1990Jul26.032429.21234@cs.hope.edu>
Date: 26 Jul 90 03:24:29 GMT
References: <36361.26ae1689@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Sender: suess@cs.hope.edu (Alex Suess)
Organization: Hope College Dept. of CS
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From article <36361.26ae1689@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>, by hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft):
> I've just started using version 4.3 of WinQVT but I can't get it to do Kermit
> Downloads. That is, I put my Vax into server mode in Kermit, pull down the Transfer
> menu and select Download, then Kermit Get, type the filename, select Start or
> whatever the button is, and after a second it says "Aborted". Now I've been
> using version 4.15 with no problems (except that the Kermit Finish" would hang
> the machine). So, has anyone else experienced this problem?
> 
> Here I was getting ready to register my copy sinceversion 4.3 seems to have
> solved the hanging problem with version 4.15, and now I have a more serious
> problem!
> --

I had the same problem.  It seems WinQVT lets kermit name the file and
only requires a directory in the path slot.  I usually just use the
directory it displays by default.  

Hope this helps,
Alex Suess
Hope College
cs.hope.edu