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From: KAPFFER@DMZRZU71.BITNET (Matthias Kapffer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: varia
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Date: 5 Oct 88 09:32:10 GMT
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1)  When I transfer files from ProDOS (with an II+ and an 7710 serial card) to
   our  host  using  Kermit  3.84  (last version from APPLE2-L) using an 8-bit
   connection  (i.e.   no  parity  on  both  sides) the Apple Kermit sends the
   control  prefix  (#,  $23) with the high bit set so that the receiving side
   won't be able to convert back control chars which makes unrecoverable trash
   out of the file.  Has anybody else similar problems ?  Does somebody know a
   fix ?  (Currently I just limit the Apple to space parity so only seven bits
   can be transmitted.  This can't be used, of course, for binary files !)

2)  Does  somebody  have the GS version mentioned in the deARC //e docs posted
   recently on the binary lists ?

3)  I  remember a lot of talk about save (gateway proved) 6-bit coding sheemes
   back in May.  Are there any results by now ?

4)  While I'm on the subject of saving net bandwidth: When distributing ProDOS
   16  (oops,  GS/OS)  software (to be more specific: OMF files), it should be
   ensured  that  they  are  in the shortest V2 format by applying the COMPACT
   utility  from  APW.   Free Term GS, for example, will go down from 63488 to
   44838  bytes,  a  reduction  by  29% !  Of course, this is directed more to
   programmers.   (I've  even  seen  commercial programs which I could back up
   from two onto one disk with the help of COMPACT !)

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