Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!microsoft!kentsu From: kentsu@microsoft.UUCP (Kent SULLIVAN) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Kermit (HELP) Message-ID: <57957@microsoft.UUCP> Date: 4 Oct 90 00:29:00 GMT References: <1082.26fde34e@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> <57821@microsoft.UUCP> <1203.27070e80@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 56 In article <1203.27070e80@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>, lockemer@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes: > > >Well, as I said I have one of the older 128s, a 1571 disk drive, a Lt. Kernal >40 meg HD, a US Robotics Direct 1200 modem, and a couple printers. I have tried >using the bare essentials, i.e. the 128, 1571, and modem with all else >disconnected, and I get the same problems. > >I am connecting to a VAX/VMS system which has a dialback security system. I >call and give my security, it calls back and I login. Most of the time this >part goes smoothly but sometimes I have problems. At any rate, I get what looks >like characters caused due to a noisy line mixed in with and/or instead of the >transmitted text. I have tried switching parity, stop bit, etc. to different >configurations, but then I get absolutely nothing. I don't have these problems >with my VT-100 emulator, but I cannot transfer files with that since the VAX >doesn't support X-modem (or if it does, I haven't been able to invoke it). The >only thing I have been able to surmise is that possibly somehow the >modifications done for the Lt. Kernal are responsible, but this would be the >only case of this I have ever seen; supposedly when the Kernal is disabled, the >128 is suppose to work normally. Well, I have unfortunately never used Kermit (any version) with a Lt. Kernal HD. I think that the Kernal "host adapter" asserts new ROMs into the memory map, so there is a chance that Kermit doesn't like something about that... otherwise, it sounds like you have tried all the things I would have tried. I have used Kermit with a lot of different modems on a lot of different C-64/128s, and have never had a repeatable garbage problem, except that the "Zoom" brand modem refused to cooperate at 2400 bps (I have heard it called "cheap", so maybe that was the problem! ;-). >It would be nice to finally get Kermit working, and I appreciate that you have >responded. I hope it is something resolvable. > >Todd Lockemer > >BTW: In case it is at all significant, I have version 2.1 of Kermit. It might be significant; I can't remember what problems (if any) we had with v2.1. The current version is 2.2. I guess you got this copy from us quite some time ago? (2.2 has been out since 1988, I think.) I recommend that you try to locate a copy of 2.2 and see if that fixes the problem. It can be obtained via anonymous FTP from the C-64 archives, and is probably still on maxwell.physics.purdue.edu in pub/kermit (or something similar path-wise). If you want to get it from good old Doc Evil, send me email and I'll send you the details. Cheers, Kent Sullivan Microsoft Corporation The opinions expressed in this article are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.