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From: mberkley@active.uvic.ca (Mike  Berkley)
Subject: Re: Uniterm & Kermit
In-Reply-To: wolf@fb14vax.sbsvax.uucp's message of 24 Mar 91 16:30:15 GMT
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Date: Sun, 24 Mar 91 20:52:32 GMT

> On 24 Mar 91 16:30:15 GMT, wolf@fb14vax.sbsvax.uucp (Wolfgang Huwig) said:

WH> I'm shure the kermit settings were correct.  (Btw. sometimes the
WH> transfer completed successfully, using the same settings!?)

Would you be using a 7-bit line by any chance?

There is a bug in Uniterm's implementation of kermit which was not
discovered until C Kermit 4E came out (and after Simon stopped
development of Uniterm).

In the negotiation phase, the two kermits decide upon characters to
use for 8th bit quoting, repeat prefix, etc.  What happens is this:

	- Uniterm says it wants to use '&'

	- C Kermit replies (correctly!) with 'Y', meaning "yes, '&' is
	  OK for me"

	- Uniterm incorrectly interprets this to mean "we need to use
	  'Y' instead of '&'"

The solution?  If you initiate the transfer from Uniterm (i.e. server
mode on mainframe, doing gets from Uniterm), set Uniterm's 8th bit
quote character to 'Y'.


Mike Berkley
University of Victoria
mberkley@sirius@UVic.CA