🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <145@teletron.UUCP> andrew@teletron.UUCP (Andrew Scott) writes:
>2)	How do I get 'macput' to work?  I got the copy posted several months ago
>	and have it compiled on our UNIX Sys V system.  I have tried the
>	following sequence with no luck:

>		i) run 'xbin' to create the file.data, file.rsrc and file.info
>		   files.  No problems here.
>		ii)  type 'macput file' from terminal mode
>		iii) select the "XMODEM Download" command from my Mac program
				 ^^^^WRONG^^^^^^
>		iv)  both programs time out

>	I have tried Red Ryder, MacTerminal and others.  I'm not sure whether
>	I've got the settings wrong or 'macput' is compiled wrong (it was a
>	BSD only program as distributed).  What is the *exact* procedure used
>	by people who've done this successfully?  (including settings)

I had the same problem, using MacTerminal 1.0 (gack, I know, but I haven't
figured out how to get an upgrade yet).  As far as I can tell, the XMODEM
setting doesn't work at all.  Instead, set communications to another
Macintosh, before you try a transfer.  Then, when you run macput, you don't
need to do anything on the Mac end, MacTerminal just figures out that the
transfer has been started and puts up a little status window with a moving
diamond telling you what percentage of the file has been transferred.  When
it is finished it beeps and returns to terminal emulation.

WARNING: This procedure can be sabotaged by any DA that likes to pop up and
take control of the machine, particularly screen-savers like Fade To Black.
Make sure that any such programs have been disabled before you start a long
transfer.  If you *DO* start a transfer and (say) Fade To Black wakes up,
you have a few seconds before the transfer times out, so it is possible to
recover if you move quickly.  Just click the mouse and pray ...

Now if I could just get a faster modem!

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