Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Path: utzoo!utgpu!topix
From: topix@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (R. Munroe)
Subject: Re: Transfer from Unix
Message-ID: <1991Jan20.045719.5754@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Keywords: zmodem mac sun
Organization: UTCS Public Access
References: <1991Jan19.085408.27890@sol.UVic.CA>
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 91 04:57:19 GMT

In article <1991Jan19.085408.27890@sol.UVic.CA> asmith@sol.UVic.CA (Andrew Smith) writes:
>Hello! I am using a Mac+ from home with a 2400bd. modem. I am logging on
>to a Sun computer. I want to download files to my Plus, but Kermit is too
>slow. I asked the admin. and they said Z-modem was possible, but they do 
>not support it and could not tell me how to access it. I have WhiteKnight
>and Z-term. Is it possible for me to get files using Z-modem, and if so, 
>could someone please tell me what commands I need to use...
>                     Thanks, Andy
>  

I use much the same configuration except I have a Mac SE and I dial into
a Silicon Graphics workstation.  Without a doubt, given your
configuration, zmodem is the protocol for you.  ftp to apple.apple.com
and download all of the files in /pub/ArchiveVol1/unix_util/zmodem.
Your system administrator or any C gal or guy should be able to compile
sz and rz on your Sun with no trouble.  The real nice thing about using
ZTerm on your Mac is that automatically signals your unix machine
when a file is being sent and it is automatically signaled by your unix
machine when a file is incoming.  Just a couple of notes: 

- you must configure ZTerm to send the proper program name (i.e. rz) for when
it sends files.

- use binary (for binary files) or text modes (for ascii files) only when
sending/receiving files to/from your unix system.  Do not use MacBinary 
format.

- ZTerm's vt100 emulator is good but not great.  You should be able
to do most things.  The most notable exception is vi.

Bob Munroe
topix@utcs.utoronto.ca