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From: lennartb@lne.kth.se (Lennart Boerjeson @ KTH/LNE, The Royal Inst. of Tech.)
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Subject: Re: Binary up/download
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Date: 13 Sep 90 08:55:47 GMT
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In article <1990Sep12.094311.513@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>, byu@csri.toronto.edu (Benjamin Yu) writes:
>Like many, I can't download anything binary from the net to my 48.  The
>recent post for CHIP8 is one example.  I uudecode it, download it via
>binary kermit on both my PC and the 48, and all I got was a string.  Since
>I am not using HP's program and cable, I suspect it is due to some kermit
>protocol.  I am using PROCOMM kermit.  Can anyone tell me what should be
>the setting for the following:
>
>          Control quote char
>	  Maximum packet size
>	  Pad character
>	  Number of Pad chars
>	  8th bit quote char
>	  Handshake char
>	  End of line char
>
>Thanks for the help!
>
>Benjamin Yu


I my case, there has never been a Kermit problem but a uudecode and file
problem: If the length of the file and the binary object does not agree,
it will be retrieved as a string. Sometimes this has been possible to correct
via simple editing of the binary file, but as the 48 counts nybbles and most
computers bytes, this has required me to ensure that all binary objects are
an even number of nybbles.

But this may of course not be a general problem, but instead caused by my
particular combination of 48 rev. A, Vax/VMS 5.1, Kermit-32 V3.3-122 and
other specific versions of hard-, soft- and wet-ware...

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