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In article <1333@castle.ed.ac.uk> aimd@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Davidson) writes:
>In article <89337.135453SML108@PSUVM.BITNET> SML108@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
>>On the subject of kermits and ST's...
>>
>>I also use the Uniterm Kermit to transfer to and from my ST.it works fine wit
>>h VAX computer systems, however weird, VERY WEIRD stuff happens with Unixsys-
>>tems, both System V and 4.3bsd.  It works fine transferring text files, but
>>gives a potpourri of errors with binary files.  This DOES NOT HAPPEN ON VAXES
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>
>Strange, I've downloaded loads of stuff from a Sys V UNIX machine and it
>always works fine - the only time it doesn't is when I forget to set the
>'-i' option on the UNIX kermit (for binary mode transfer). There's maybe
>something wrong with your UNIX kermit (although I have heard of some
>sort of bug in Uniterm's Kermit but it always works OK for me)...
>
>>Scott Le Grand aka SML108@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
>
>Mark Davidson <aimd@ed.castle>


I have also had difficulties with Kermit in Uniterm (v2.0b). Downloading
works fine, even in binary mode, but uploading does not work fine if there
is a communication server present (e.g. something that forces kermit to
use 8th bit prefixing, or whatever that's called). I know this is a bug
in Uniterm's implementation of kermit because another kermit I have for the
ST will do those same uploads correctly. From the discussion here, it does
not sound as if this bug has been fixed in later versions.

--Patrick Simon      mpsimon@phoenix.princeton.edu

p.s. I had even more difficulties with transfer until I set the Unix end
     kermit's parity correctly. This can be done in the kermit initialization
     file, so you don't need to check it each time.

p.p.s. I use uniterm all the time, and really appreciate the effort Simon Poole
     has put into this program.