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From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall)
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Subject: Re: Kermit Prodos Problems
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Date: 4 Feb 89 05:22:58 GMT
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>I am having trouble getting Kermit 3.85 to work under ProDOS and I would
>appreciate some help.  The Kermit works fine under DOS 3.3 so I copied it
>with Copy II plus to a ProDOS disk (V. 1.1.1).  It still run properly but
>it crashes when I attempt to RECEIVE a file from a host.

As sometimes happens with copies (usually when you've BSAVE'd the DOS
version from a copy that's been BRUN instead of BLOAD'd, but I suppose
other circumstances are possible) it appears your ProDOS version isn't setting
the ProDOS prefix to a volume you have on line (try SHOW PREFIX at the
Kermit-65> prompt to confirm).

*solution*

The easiest way is edit the KERMIT.INIT file and add a SET PREFIX /directory
statement (whatever directory or subdirectory you'd like RECEIVED files
to go into).

Another method is BRUN KERMIT385 and SET PREFIX /directory at the
Kermit-65> prompt, then EXIT (to BASIC) and BSAVE KERMIT385,A$2000,L$6E00
(that'll embed the PREFIX in your BIN file and you won't have to bother
with it again).

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