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From: MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu (Norman St. John Polevaulter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: UNIX to Amiga file transfers
Message-ID: <91162.233810MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 12 Jun 91 03:38:10 GMT
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How the heck to you do this?? My experience has been painful: I'm trying
to get Amiga files from a UNIX mainframe account to my Amiga 500 via an
Aprotek Minimodem-AM24 and a dial-in phone line. I've tried KERMIT. I've
gotten xmodem v3.9, compiled it, and tried to use that. I've messed with
several different terminals at this end, all to no avail. (Something along the
line seems unable to grasp the concept of a "header", and thus at the Amiga
end I'm always getting "Timeout waiting for header" "Timeout waiting for
character" or various ridiculous checksum errors.) So if some kind soul who:

A. Routinely transfers files from UNIX to Amiga like this.
B. Uses any readily available terminal. Anything on Fish disk 410 or lower
would be fine, except for VLT (the Fish release of VLT is apparently a joke
release that doesn't actually have all the files or docs or anything.)
Fish 1-410 are available at my local software dealer. Above that, I would
have to get it via telecommunications, which as I said is impossible...
C. Uses, at the UNIX end, xmodem v3.9 or anything else that can be easily
FTP'ed and compiled. (Please don't talk to me about Kermit, though.
Every time I think about Kermit I get these terrible headaches...)

To tell me EXACTLY how it's done. Assume I am completely clueless about
telecommunications; omit no steps. If you can do this task I will... Well,
I'll be extremely grateful, no question.

Someone please help me, before I give up and fling myself in front of a
bus or something...

[Your blood pressure just went up.]
//-Mark Sachs, aka mbs110@psuvm.psu.edu --//----- Remember the 1980's? ----//
// DISCLAIMER: It's NOT MY FAULT!        /AMIGA   When things were so      //
//-Kei and Yuri forced me to say it. --\X/------- uncomplicated... - ELO --//