Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!hsdndev!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool2.mu.edu!uunet!timbuk!cs.umn.edu!uc!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!hhdist From: NELSON%VWSCYG@vmsd.oac.uci.edu (Matthew A. Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: RE: Help on file transfer Message-ID: Date: 10 Jan 91 15:03:00 GMT Lines: 23 To: handhelds@gac.edu Return-path: To: handhelds@gac.edu X-VMS-To: UCI::IN%"handhelds@gac.edu" > >In a posting of [9 Jan 91 15:07:00 GMT] > NELSON%VWSCYG@vmsd.oac.uci.edu (Matthew A. Nelson) writes: > > > You might be saying, "well, if you use 7-bit mode OF COURSE you will > > just get an ascii file, since you can't send full bytes" (or > > something). Well, how does one explain the fact that I was doing > > frequent archives/restores SUCCESFULLY using the VAX and 48 in > space-parity mode? > > When you archive and restore, the HP-48 automatically enters binary >mode. Since in the kermit protocol, the transmitting end determines >what parameters are used (i.e. binary/crc/etc), this is sufficient - >the receiving end adapts to the HP-48. In the portion of my letter that you ommitted, I specifically asked that you please not tell me that I didn't set up for binary transfer. I know how to do this; back when I had my Amiga, I downloaded literally hundreds of floppies worth of binary material. -matt nelson (nelson@psroot.ps.uci.edu) > -- Jan Brittenson > bson@ai.mit.edu