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From: ram@tellabs.com (Bob Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Kermit woes with large graphics objects on 48
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Date: 8 Nov 90 00:17:25 GMT
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I have two large objects on my 48.  One is a GROB of the EARTH's surface, about
5K, and the other is an animated (rotating) WoRLD, about 8K.  When using kermit
to archive them on my Amiga, EARTH stores fine in binary, but simply refuses to
even attempt to upload in ASCII (9600, no parity, translation code 3, checksum
type 3 for both transfers).  When I redownload EARTH (binary), I can display it
without error.  When ASCII is attempted, the Amiga reports "Host error, out
of memory" which is strange since the Amiga is the host and it has about 2 MB
of free RAM.

WRLD, on the other hand, will upload fine either way (no errors), however, when
I donload it back to the 48, only the ASCII version works.  When I execute
the binary version, instead of executing, I get a quoted string in level 1
like "HPHP-E......".

And yes, when I set the HP to binary or ASCII, I set the Amiga to match it.

Any information to get this working is GREATLY appreciated.

One last question:  When I want to display Earth in PICT, I need 11K free mem,
which is TWICE the size of EARTH.  I can understand needing 5.5K free mem,
but why 11K?  Is there any way to change this?  Oh, and also, it needs at LEAST
twice the size in free mem, 1.9 times the size in free mem won't cut it.

Thanks!
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