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From: TEMNGT23@ysub.ysu.edu (Lou Anschuetz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: ProComm Plus 2.0 problems
Message-ID: <91117.072119TEMNGT23@ysub.ysu.edu>
Date: 27 Apr 91 11:21:19 GMT
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In article <nolan.672735285@helios>, nolan@helios.unl.edu (Michael Nolan) says:
>
>RFM@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>
>>I, too, purchased PCPlus 2.0 upgrade. 1.1b is great, 2.0 would be better,
>>right? WRONG!  My major gripe is with the Kermit implementation in 2.0.
>>On our system, I need to do a lot of file up/download via Kermit (IBM VM/CMS)
>>Kermit from PCPlus 1.1b works fine; Kermit in PCPlus 2.0 locks up my
>>system. I've gone back to 1.1b.
>
>I had the exact opposite experience with PCPLUS 2.0 and Kermit.  It works a
>lot
>better for me than the previous release.  Try fiddling around with the
>terminal emulation support, dialing support, etc.
> (lots o' stuff deleted)

From a simpler perspective, make sure that the kermit.rte file is
on your working copy and directly accessible for PCPLUS.  The manual
does not indicate that this file is needed, but it sure is!  I too
found out the hard way.

>Incidentally, in an earlier post I indicated that PCPLUS 2.0 has a problem
>with ADDS emulation modes.  Phil James, customer support mgr for Datastorm,
>informed me earlier today that this problem has been fixed and will be in
>a maintenance release.

Any word on the flaws in the Wyse 50 emulation (it freezes PCPLUS
if it encounters any line noise)?


>He also acknowledged the non-conversion of text
>files in Zmodem, but said this is not _required_ in the protocol.  (Anybody
>know of another Zmodem implementation that doesn't do it?)
>-------
ALL other releases os Zmodem do the text conversion and it is part
of the mandated implementation on UNIX.  It is also in the original
documentation from the writer of Zmodem (sorry I can never remember
your name).  Sounds like you got a "we don't know how to do it
answer."  And the short answer is No, I have never seen nor heard
of any implementation that doesn't do the ascii conversion.

On a positive note, I did get a note from a PCPLUS developer via
mail from CompuServe, so someone has been passing this stuff along
to that forum.  He told me to call him and he would have a technical
person call me back.  The downside here is that I am not in my office
all 10 hours per day at work,
and if he calls when I'm not in - I have gained nothing.  I can
write him back at CompuServe, but he seems to NOT want that.
I found this VERY confusing - we all know these are legitimate
bugs in the product, why not just let us tell him instead of getting
a call from another support person who is going to give us "we
aren't going to do that" answers.  I don't mean to rant and rave
here, but there are expeditious ways of handling these things,
why not use them DataStorm?  You guys were never like this
before.....

Lou Anschuetz
temngt23@ysub.ysu.edu