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Article #1821Re: Zmodem for UNIX
From: Valentin Pepelea
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1989 22:28
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1989 22:28
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In article <89294.123406GIAMPAL@AUVM.BITNET> GIAMPAL@AUVM.BITNET writes:
>While on the subject of X, Y, and Z modem protocols, has any one ever seen/used
>any of these under CMS on an IBM mainframe? Kermit is terribly frustrating
>and something like this would be helpful to many I'm sure.
The problem with transfering files to and from IBM mainframes is that characters
on the IBM side are not stored in ASCII format but trather in EBCDIC
(pronounced "epsodic") format. The result is that only a character based
transfer, such as Kermit, can do the job.
Valentin
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cbmvax!valentin From: valentin@cbmvax.UUCP (Valentin Pepelea) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Zmodem for UNIX Message-ID: <8259@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 24 Oct 89 22:28:50 GMT References: <1989Oct19.170737.25014@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <TADGUY.89Oct20194240@aethelbehrt.cs.odu.edu> <89294.123406GIAMPAL@AUVM.BITNET> Reply-To: valentin@cbmvax.UUCP (Valentin Pepelea) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 17