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From: garyf@mehlville.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Gary Faulkner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: Zmodem upload problems
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Date: 21 Dec 89 20:03:09 GMT
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In article <80@ucunix.SAN.UC.EDU>, rainwatr@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Don
Rainwater) writes:
> 
> 	I have a VAX 8650 running Ultrix 3.0.  Terminal connections are
> via DECservers.  My port is running at 19.2k, and my "terminal" is a Mac II.
> The Mac is running ZTerm .85, and I have the rzsz package from 5/89
> running on the Ultrix system.
> 
> 	I'm able to download (sometimes very large) files from Ultrix
> without any trouble, but uploads don't even get past the first byte.
> The error I get is "ZRPOS=0".  I have the same problem trying to upload
> from an IBM/PC-AT compatible running DSZ, so I think we can eliminate
> the Mac from the list of suspects.
> 
> 	Has anyone been able to successfully upload files to an Ultrix
> (or other Unix) host?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Kermit is
> just too slow.

Yep, we have the same problem with our ultrix and our sun hosts using
rzsz, again for uploads only.  I am taking the liberty of cross posting
this response to comp.sources.bugs to attempt to get a dialog/fix going
in that area.  I don't think anyone has complained (at least not very
loudly) about this yet, and hopefully someone has a fix for the problem.

Gary Faulkner
National Center for Supercomputing Applications - University of Illinois
Internet: garyf@mehlville.ncsa.uiuc.edu
Disclaimer:  I've only stated my opinion, not anyone elses.