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From: stever@videovax.Tek.COM.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Dave Wecker's VT100
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Date: Tue, 24-Feb-87 10:16:46 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 24 10:16:46 1987
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John Roberts (roberts@icst-ecf.ARPA) writes:
> 1) VT100 has a menu category called "xfer mode", with the choices
> of "image" and "CR LF". Which is preferable for downloading C source?
> (Lattice compiler, in this case.)

Choose image mode when running between an Amiga and a VAX, or any other
system which uses newline internally as the line terminator for text
files.  Choose CR/LF when transferring to any system which uses carriage
return (or anything other than newline) as the internal line terminator.

When in doubt, use CR/LF mode!  There is a slight decrease in efficiency
(two characters transmitted at the end of each line, instead of one),
but it allows each machine to convert the CR/LF sequence to its own
internal line termination sequence.

Whichever mode you use, be sure to use it on both ends!

> 2) I have been unable to download the executable version
> (VT100_2.4.exe) in a form that I can get to run. Can this kermit
> handle a binary transfer? Are there any particular requirements
> (i.e. 8 bits) for the communications link? If it is possible,
> what is the procedure?

To transfer binary with Kermit, you need to "set file type binary".  If
the Kermit on your VAX is C-Kermit, this should work just fine.  However,
VT100 Kermit may not be able to handle binary transfers (I don't know --
I use VT100, but I switch to Amiga Kermit when transferring files).

If VT100 cannot set binary transfer mode, try uuencoding the executable
file on the VAX, downloading to the Amiga (at that point, it is just a
text file), and uudecoding on the Amiga.  Uudecode is on one of the later
Fish disks.  It is also quite small, so could be sent to you by email
if you don't have access to the Fish disks.  (It may also be available
on TRANTOR.)

					Steve Rice

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