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From: cs122aw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Alfter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Kermit problems
Message-ID: <1990Feb14.033841.14059@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 14 Feb 90 03:38:41 GMT
References: <9002140313.AA21924@emunix.emich.edu>
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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In article <9002140313.AA21924@emunix.emich.edu> csc238458283@EMUNIX.EMICH.EDU (THE DARK KNIGHT) writes:
>goot a copy of the Kermit communication program. The only problem I've had
>with the program so far is that whenever the screen scrolls the first
>4 or 5 characters on the left side of the screen are sometimes omitted.

Sounds to me like you have an original IIe.  My machine (also original, though
that should change soon :-) ) does the same thing when I use Kermit.  However,
the modem firmware (I have a DataLink 2400) doesn't lose any characters.
Granted, it's only a dumb terminal (with ZMODEM if you call it under ProDOS),
but it works well enough for BBS use.

Here's a trick you might want to try if you don't have the $$$ available for an
enhancement kit:  just get the 65C02, without the ROMs.  65C02s are available
from several electronic supply companies for six or seven dollars.  I got mine
used from a friend for two dollars!  This doesn't fix your problem with Kermit,
but it will let you use ProTERM, which I think is a much better program.  It is
commercial (not freeware), but it does several terminal emulations instead of
just VT-100 and VT-52, and it handles several file transfer protocols, 
including Kermit!  Best of all, though, you won't lose any characters.  You
also get a scrollback buffer and a built-in text editor, so you don't have to
mess with vi anymore.  

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