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From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Can I ....
Summary: Yes you can
Keywords: procomm, kermit, download
Message-ID: <1991May10.022146.3309@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 10 May 91 02:21:46 GMT
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khwang@cse.uta.edu (khwang) writes:
>1. How can I change my drive when I download my data from mainframe to
>PC using PROCOMM ? The default drive is A which is intolerrably slow.

Press F4 to shell out to DOS, change to the drive and directory you
want to download. Type 'exit' to go back to procomm and start downloading.

>2. Do we have a fast way to transfer binary file using PROCOMM ?
>Currently I use Kermit to transfer binary file via PROCOMM, it is TOOOOO
>slow !!!! 

I assume you are using Procomm, not Procomm Plus. If you have zmodem
(get it from simtel), you can issue 'sz -r filename' on the host and
then press F4 and type dsz rz (to activate zmodem).

Or use MS-Kermit (what I usually do), set the receive-packet-length
to 512 or 1024 and download the file with kermit. This would speed up
the processs considerably.
The problem with Procomm's kermit is that it is fixed (I believe it is 98).
The other thing ... MS-Kermit is free, while Procomm is shareware.
(Don't forget to pay).

If only MS-Kermit has a crash recovery ...
 
-- budi