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From: rosenkra@convex.com (William Rosencranz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Problems!
Message-ID: <1991Feb08.075310.14929@convex.com>
Date: 8 Feb 91 07:53:10 GMT
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In article <23148@netcom.COM> rodent@netcom.COM (Ben Discoe) writes:
>1) We use kermit to transfer files between all ~5 OS's in-house.  However,
>   the Atari kermit program refuses to receive any file with 8-bit
>   characters in it.  Text files in Image mode work; but 8-bit characters
>   cause failure in any mode.

get uniterm v2.0a or later. it uses 1k packets for its built-in kermit
(actually u can set it between 0 and 1000+ bytes (94 was original kermit
protocol. in addition, u get a very nice terminal emulator (vt100, et al)
and a tektronix 4010 (?) emulator plus dialer plus xmodem plus...

you should be able to find it at atari.archive.umich.edu. uniterm is a
very solid piece of work (i use it every day).

the unix version of c-kermit is available from columbia univ (i don't
remember the address). there may be a port to the st, but i never even
bothered to find it since uniterm is so nice (and free). c-kermit started
using extended packets somewhere around version 4E(067) or so (???). at
any rate, the latest release from columbia will have extended packets.

>no, I don't have ftp access.  thanx in advance for help.

you can get uniterm by mail from the archive. read the FAQ for the archive
which is posted about once a month here. atari.archive.umich.edu is often
refered to as "terminator", its old name (terminator.cc.umich.edu).

-bill
rosenkra@convex.com
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