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From: demarco@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Vince Demarco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Ymodem batch
Summary: ?MODEM Transfers under SunOS
Keywords: XMODEM, SUNOS
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Date: 21 Feb 90 23:44:03 GMT
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In article <2905@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu> yk4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Yong Su Kim) writes:
>I would like to do some binary file transfers between the UNIX system
>and my GS. I am using Kermit to do this at the moment but it is too
>slow.
>I have a version of xmodem which has ymodem send and receive
>capabilitis, but the receive capability does not work. Whenever I try to
>upload binary files to the UNIX system, I get ACK errors within
>Proterm.
>Does anyone have a version of ymodem batch which works on a SunOS
>system?


Sorry, X/Y/Z/Modem won't work under SunOS...   SunOS insists on sending a
NUL (Ox00) after its EOL character (let me guess, you get errors on block
10 of the transfer right?)  I've tried everything to keep it from doing this
(My OS is SunOS 4.something, on both Sun 3 and 4 systems), but it refuses to
oblige me.  The SysAdm here suggested recompiling the xmodem program using
the Sys V thingies..  I did, and it still didn't work...  maybe you'll have
better luck (I've tried with the same results with xmodem, umodem, rz and sz
from Omen (Unix BSD Makefile), so I doubt if you'll be able to get it running)

If anyone out there HAS been able to get a variant of xmodem running under
SunOS, I'd be interested in hearing from you (and PLEASE send a uuencoded
sun4 binary to me)


Me..