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From: metcalf@akala.ifa.hawaii.edu (Tom Metcalf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Problem dowloading to HP-48sx
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Date: 30 Jan 91 00:06:10 GMT
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roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu writes:

> Something wierd happend to me last night.  I was trying to download
> the latest version of Tom Metcalf's celestial nav program to my 48sx.  I
> did what I usually do, put it on a Macintosh floppy at work, then brought
> the floppy home and downloaded it from my Mac Plus to the 48sx using Mac
> Kermit (version 0.9-something-or-other).  I've never had any trouble with
> this before.


I have encountered this as well.  I thought it was just my copy of 
c-kermit on my Sun 3/60 but apparently not.  I don't know what the 
problem is, but I found that if I put an empty object (ie '') at the very end
of the file being transferred all was well.

I am not an expert in these matters.  Has anyone else experienced these
difficulties?  Is it a problem with my nav program or with kermit?  I
can't see how it could be the nav program since it was sent directly
from the 48SX and is not binary or anything, but ...

> I thought I had crashed it and was getting ready to take out the
> batteries to see if that would fix it.
> --

Try ON-C before taking the batteries out!  It should terminate  the 
transfer.