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From: cbdougla@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Collin Broad Douglas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: .bsq revisited. . .
Message-ID: <1990Nov1.213105.25092@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>
Date: 1 Nov 90 21:31:05 GMT
References: <9010300537.AA11430@apple.com> <90303.091902SAB121@psuvm.psu.edu> <1990Nov01.202314.24433@hoss.unl.edu>
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In article <1990Nov01.202314.24433@hoss.unl.edu> greg@hoss.unl.edu (Hammer T. H.) writes:
>... <SAB121@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>
>>.Z files can be unpacked with ShrinkIt/GS. I know, I tried, it works. They
>>MUST however be dl in binary with Kermit. ProTerm binary transfer with
>>ProTerms Kermit emulation doesn't do 8-bit quoting (a silly oversight...).
>>Thanks!
>
>No wonder all my Kermit binary dl's were corrupted!  I had several .bsq
>files sitting around, taking up quota.  Then got sciibin and extracted
>them, thus reducing the space they were taking up.  Then I find out I
>can't get them downloaded in binary form.  Are there any patches out for
>ProTERM to fix this (or is the included text completely off base)?
>Kermit is the only method I've found on this system to get files off of
>it.  Oh well, I just continue doing it how I've been doing it... FTP files
>from my account to a Mac and Xmodeming it to my system.
>

  I use Zmodem from ProTERM with no problems.  if you have 'sz' on your system
  try this:

  sz -b -l 256 -L 256 <filename> 

  that work great for me and it several times faster than kermit (I hate
  kermit)

       Collin Douglas

       cbdougla@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu