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From: stern@maple.cis.ohio-state.edu (jeffrey a stern)
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Subject: Re: NOTE: KERMIT-65 v3.85 & BINARY FILES
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Date: 4 May 89 21:04:35 GMT
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In article <8092@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> kadickey@phoenix.Princeton.EDU
(Kent Andrew Dickey) writes:

>>[Description of how he wanted to change the End-of-Packet character to
>>something else that was unused in his file.]
>>Interestingly enough, my little Apple //e and Kermit-65 let's you
>>change the End-Of-Line character to what ever you want, (both for send
>>and receive) but BSD4.2 doesn't!  Forget Apple// vs. Mac-- let's take
>>on the Suns!!!
>
>The version available on my BSD Unix system DOES allow you to change
>the End-of-Packet Character--you should look into getting a newer
>version for your Sun.
>
Yeah, actually, you're right, it does let you change the end-of-packet
character, but what I said was that

>Interestingly enough, my little Apple //e and Kermit-65 let's you
>change the End-Of-Line character to what ever you want, (both for send
>and receive) but BSD4.2 doesn't!  Forget Apple// vs. Mac-- let's take
>on the Suns!!!

The Sun systems won't let you change an End-Of-Packet character to be something
OTHER than a control character.  Therefore, I can't make it something with
an ASCII value of, say, 37, or 106, which is what I was trying.

>This is an interesting problem--I have been downloading many binary
>files from Unix lately (They are GIF's) and most have downloaded just
>fine.  So, the bug may be in the Sun's Kermit...what version is it?

C-Kermit, 4E(071) 18 Jan 89, 4.2 BSD

>[Description of block transfer problem...]
I have no idea, Kent.  I would try splitting the file into two files: One with
all the blocks prior, and one with that last one, and see what happens.  Also,
I would try Block Warden or one of my utilities I was talking about to count
the number of occurences of each ASCII character.  If nothing else is out of
the ordinary, then I'd say it's maybe hard-ware???  Sorry I can't help much
more, though I'd be interested in your sending the faulty piece, as you
offered....

>Even if no one else wants them, I can always use handy-dandy utilities like
>those to work on debugging odd transfer problems.
>
>			Kent Dickey
>kadickey@phoenix.Princeton.Edu
>kadickey@PUCC

Okay, Kent, I'll try to get those posted.  It'll take awhile though, because
I am in the middle of doing a bunch of labs for different classes.
Thanks for the feedback.

Jeff.
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