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From: jcargill@oka.cs.wisc.edu (Jon Cargille)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Questions from NeW NeXTer (OD noise/rz+sz/tip)
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Date: 15 Mar 91 17:34:12 GMT
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Couple of quick questions from a NeW NeXT user...  ;) I too was lucky
enough to snarf a BL demo cube.  :) ** (ear-ear).

  1) OD noise -- My OD sounds like it is related to the gatling guns
		 of old.  Is this normal?  Not having used an OD-only
		 system before, I may well just be unaccustomed to
		 it...  I can live with it; I just want to be sure
		 it's not something I should be worrying about.

  2) rz/sz -- Ok.  I've downloaded these, and wish to use Zmodem
              protocol for file transfers to/from at unix box at
              school (which has rz/sz also).  This may sound dumb, but
              how do I do it??  I've tried logging in with Kermit,
              issuing a Sz (send) command on the remote host, quiting
              kermit, and issuing:

		rz < /dev/cua > /dev/cua.

              This doesn't seem to work.  How are others out there
              using Zmodem?

  3) tip problems -- I set up tip with no problems.  However, I don't
                     seem to be able to get the ~< ~> ~t or ~p to
                     work.  These seem to hang tip.  Am I doing
                     something stupid?  

                     Also, in the same vein, after hanging tip and
                     killing it with ^C, is there any way to get
                     another 'tip' session to connect to the modem
                     without trying to dial, or 'synchronize' with the
                     modem by sending commands to it?  After tip
                     hangs, I am able to reconnect with kermit, but
                     not tip.  Hmmm....


Any information would be appreciated.  Please respond via email, and
I'll summarize.   Apologies if these questions sound stupid; I'm not a
Unix-neophyte, just a Unix-communications-neophyte...  ;)

Thanks,

Jon Cargille
jon@cs.wisc.edu