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5 total messages Started by Trevor Paquette Thu, 15 Jun 1989 17:54
Possible Zmodem bug?
#45
Author: Trevor Paquette
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1989 17:54
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   I think I have found a bug in Zmodem and was wondering if anyone has a fix
 for it. The problem is this: I have the latest version of rz/sz (3.03) and
 have compiled it for a Sun4 running Sun OS 4.0.1 ('make bsd'). I can xfer
 all files using zmodem just fine and dandy but it can't seem to handle
 'ZOO' files. This is specific to the Sun only. Now I don't know if this
 is a problem with the BSD version of rz/sz or a problem with the OS itself.
   I can send ZOO files from a local BBS here just fine, but I can't do it
 with ZOO files from our Unix system.
   Has anyone else encountered this problem? and if so do you have some sort
 of fix?
   Oh yeah.. These are the errors that I get on my end (the recieving end) of
 the xfer (I am using JrComm and an Amiga 2000):
    Data subpacket length to long & Garbage count exceeded

       Trev

    
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Re: Possible Zmodem bug?
#46
Author: chen Lawrence The Dreamer Chen
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1989 00:56
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In article <1514@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> paquette@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Trevor Paquette) writes:
>   I think I have found a bug in Zmodem and was wondering if anyone has a fix
> for it. The problem is this: I have the latest version of rz/sz (3.03) and
> have compiled it for a Sun4 running Sun OS 4.0.1 ('make bsd'). I can xfer
> all files using zmodem just fine and dandy but it can't seem to handle
> 'ZOO' files. This is specific to the Sun only. Now I don't know if this
> is a problem with the BSD version of rz/sz or a problem with the OS itself.
>   I can send ZOO files from a local BBS here just fine, but I can't do it
> with ZOO files from our Unix system.
>   Has anyone else encountered this problem? and if so do you have some sort
> of fix?
>
Yes, I've encountered the problem....its because SZ looks at the first 6(?)
characters is a file to decide if you should send it as ascii or binary.

Unfortunately, the first 16 characters of a ZOO archive are
'ZOO 2.00 Archive'....all ASCII....so Zmodem thinks its ASCII and sends it
as ASCII.

There's a binary option switch....I think its '-b'.  I don't use Zmodem much.

>   Oh yeah.. These are the errors that I get on my end (the recieving end) of
> the xfer (I am using JrComm and an Amiga 2000):
>    Data subpacket length to long & Garbage count exceeded
>
How are you connected?  When I get it, I suspect its mostly a result of
Develnet or DECnet.  I've never had any problems doing the tranferrs with
the Amiga 1000's directly hooked up to the Suns.  But, lots from home.

>       Trev
>
>    
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Re: Possible Zmodem bug?
#47
Author: Earl H. Kinmonth
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1989 18:52
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In article <1514@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> paquette@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Trevor Paquette) writes:

> have compiled it for a Sun4 running Sun OS 4.0.1 ('make bsd'). I can xfer
> all files using zmodem just fine and dandy but it can't seem to handle
> 'ZOO' files. This is specific to the Sun only. Now I don't know if this

Use the -L command to set the window size smaller, say to 256 or 512.  The
problem will also happen with .Z (compress files).
Re: Possible Zmodem bug?
#49
Author: Marco Papa
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1989 07:09
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In article <1514@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> paquette@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Trevor Paquette) writes:
|   I think I have found a bug in Zmodem and was wondering if anyone has a fix
| for it. The problem is this: I have the latest version of rz/sz (3.03) and
| have compiled it for a Sun4 running Sun OS 4.0.1 ('make bsd'). I can xfer
| all files using zmodem just fine and dandy but it can't seem to handle
| 'ZOO' files. This is specific to the Sun only. Now I don't know if this
| is a problem with the BSD version of rz/sz or a problem with the OS itself.
|   I can send ZOO files from a local BBS here just fine, but I can't do it
| with ZOO files from our Unix system.
|   Has anyone else encountered this problem? and if so do you have some sort
| of fix?
|   Oh yeah.. These are the errors that I get on my end (the recieving end) of
| the xfer (I am using JrComm and an Amiga 2000):

I've been tranferring any kind of file (including .zoo) between a SUN 3/160
and the Amiga with A-Talk III for over a year with absolutely no problem when
using ZMODEM (in fact I ONLY use ZMODEM for speed).

On the sun I have been using lately a version that I downloaded about 6 months
ago from teleGodzilla (Chuck Forsberg's bbs).

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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Re: where to get ZmodeM?
#54
Author: F.A. Shea
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1989 20:17
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I was wondering if one of the wonderful people out there in netland
could mail me Zmodem for the amiga.  I just recently got it for unix and
so far can't use it.  

thanks

frank shea
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