Re: dos --> vax transfer of .B4 files

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From: Pete French
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1989 13:49

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From article <8908311323.AA03044@uk.ac.oxford.prg.inessa>, by CARTER@v1.ph.rhbnc.ac.uk:
>  VAX so that i can use it with my vax hosted transputer system. My
>  attempts so far to kermit this file result in a file with the 
>  wrong format which fails to boot. Has anyone encountered this
>  problem? Does anyone know of a solution?

Assumung you are using KERMIT in binary mode and it doesnt work - how about
uuencoding the file first, sending the ASCII and then uudecoding it at the
far end. I have used these programs to transfer other binaries via very
tortuous routes indeed and they still work at the far end.

                           -Pete.
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From: pcf@galadriel.bt.co.uk (Pete French)
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Subject: Re: dos --> vax transfer of .B4 files
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Date: 4 Sep 89 13:49:37 GMT
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