Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!olivea!orc!bu.edu!cs.bu.edu!ckd From: ckd@cs.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: ZTerm .85 & unix sz question Message-ID: Date: 27 Aug 90 23:07:26 GMT References: <1990Aug24.144316.16617@viewlogic.com> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Reply-To: ckd@cs.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) Organization: 1000000011000101, Inc. Lines: 29 In-reply-to: peter@hari.VIEWlogic.com's message of 24 Aug 90 14:43:16 GMT Peter> On 24 Aug 90 14:43:16 GMT, peter@hari.VIEWlogic.com (Peter Colby) said: Peter> I have been using ZTerm 0.85 along with sz on the unix side Peter> on and off for a while now to transfer files from a Sun workstation Peter> at work to my Mac+ at home. My modem speed is 2400 (though I have Peter> the same problem at 1200). The problem I am having is twofold. Peter> 1) I have never been able to transfer multiple files Peter> successfully. The first file comes across OK but after that I lose Peter> every other file, or hang. 2) When transfering a single file; once Peter> the file is complete, ZTerm indicates a successfull transfer... But Peter> there is frequently "junk" from the sz (unix) side that is left in Peter> the command line for the shell to interpret with the next command Peter> entered. In other words, it appears that ZTerm stops receiving Peter> before sz is totally finished and the remainder of the output from Peter> sz ends up on stdin for some reason. Peter> Am I doing something wrong or is this a known problem with ZTerm/sz? Peter> Thanks for any help I can get! I have had similar problems. I believe they are due to telnet having escape character problems... try rlogin or a direct serial connection if you can. --Chris -- Christopher Davis, BU SMG '90 <...!bu.edu!cs.bu.edu!ckd> "Dammit, we're all going to die, let's die doing something *useful*!" --Hal Clement on comments that space exploration is dangerous