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From: REIDMP@MAINE.BITNET (Reid M. Pinchback)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: PC-to-UNIX communications help needed
Message-ID: <91060.164210REIDMP@MAINE.BITNET>
Date: 1 Mar 91 21:42:10 GMT
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Organization: University of Maine System
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fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz) writes:
*       Greetings. If you are running UNIX, I have something better
*       for you. I use a program called "sz". It was written by
*       Chuck Forsberg of Omen Technology INC. I have version 2.10
*       (5-9-88) for V7/BSD. As for the PC side, any number of
*       programs such as Telix (great!), ProComm, etc will do.
*       Compared with Kermit, it's warp 6!
 
*       By the way, anyone know if Mr. Forsberg in on the net?
*       And, perhaps, if the sources are availiable so that the program
*       may be compiled on other machines?
*
*       Take care.
*
*       P.S. "(don't quote me on that!)" also applies :-)
*
* ______________________________________________________________________
 
Re: using 'sz' as a PC-Unix link works fine, provided the modem is directly
connected to the Unix box.  If some kind of dial-up network is being used
with something like a 7E1 parity then file transfers of binaries may not
work (does anybody know a good reliable fix for this, in situations where
the user can't control the line settings on the network?)
 
rz/sz sources can be found on the UNIX-C section of Simtel20