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From: civir1070@ucsvax.sdsu.edu (FURRY R)
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Subject: Re: UNIX to Amiga file transfers
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Date: 12 Jun 91 21:01:39 GMT
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In article <91162.233810MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu>, MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu (Norman St. John Polevaulter) writes...
>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:

  I use JRComm to transfer files on a regular basis.  On the Amiga, select
zmodem as the protocol.  That's all there is to it on the Amiga side.
  When you call the Unix system, use the command 

      sz -Zl 500 filename
           ^=lowercase L

This seems to work fairly well for me.  I get transfer rates of about 
150-160 cps at 2400 baud.  Not wonderful, but good for short files,
or when I'm in dire need of something IMMEDIATELY.  Occasionally it
will stop, and keep getting TIMEOUT errors as you describe.  If this 
happens, abort the transfer by clicking on the close box, and then
tell the unix to send again with the command

      sz -Zrl 500 filename

Notice the lowercase 'r' to tell it to resume the transfer, not start
anew.  

If anybody else has any other suggestions, PLEASE tell me.  It would
REALLY help me also.

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