Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu From: daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Bug in ProTerm 2.2? Message-ID: <45893@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 20 Mar 91 18:07:44 GMT References: <9103201526.AA07284@apple.com> Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp Reply-To: daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang) Organization: The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 42 In article <9103201526.AA07284@apple.com> EWNORT@WMVM1.BITNET (Eric) writes: >Jawaid Bazyar, > All telecommunications packages that I know of do attempt to re-send bad >packets. Unless there is some physical reason that it cannot do a re-send, it >should (and most do) attempt this until they reach a preset limit on the number >of tries. In any case, ProTerm should (I keep referring to ProTerm in a hypo- >thetical manner because I am not familiar with it) have returned a message to >the effect that it did have trouble sending a specific packet and terminated >its transmission due to this error. Since Brian did not mention anything about I believe that Jawaid was referring to the fact that REAL Zmodem has support for restarting aborted transfers. If you got 500K of a 1Meg file, and the carrier got dropped, Zmodem *should* allow you to start at the 500K mark, although Proterm doesn't let you do this. It's not the same as retransmitting a bad packet... >an error message, (this is an afterthought) I am inclined to believe the >failure was due to a power surge or spike, or (as I mentioned before) a tele- >phone interference of some sort (assuming that he does not have a dedicated >line guaranteed by the telephone company). You must agree with me, however, >that the file was much too large to be sent via a 2400 bps modem from a The power surge thing seems to be a very likely case. However, I _think_ Brian said that he was transferring a couple of sound files, not one big sound file (if he was transferring one big sound file, I'd like to see it... It'd be very nice to get some 2-3 minute samples on the GS). >personal computer. In closing, I would like to respond to your comment about a >"REAL modem program" .... We are talking about Apples.... >ERIC.... What's that supposed to mean? Jawaid is working (hopefully!) on Telcom GS, which sounds like it could be a REAL modem program... -- David Huang | "Calzoni Pizza: Internet: daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu | Delivery in six UUCP: ..!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu!daveh | hours, or else your America Online: DrWho29 | pizza is cold."