| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
I have been trying for some time to find the magic that will
allow me to reliably transfer binary files from my uVAX
to my AMIGA.
XMODEM executes to completion, but nearly always
produces junk that ARC will not recognize (even with CRC
checking).
KERMIT chugs away for a while, but usually fails with
ERROR - TIMEOUT WAITING FOR CHARACTER. When it does manage
to complete it produces good data (unlike XMODEM).
I have tried a number of experiments including:
- replacing modems at both ends (DF224 scholars)
- running at 1200 and 2400 baud
- used VT100 2.1 and VT100 2.6
- used ARC 1.6 and ARC 2.2
- increased the serial port buffer size using PREFERENCES
- tried transferring data to RAM
- used ADDBUFFERS to increase disk buffer size
- dialed in at different times during the day
I have also tried all the things mentioned in this conference
IE SET FILE TYPE BINARY, SET SEND PACK XX, SET RECEIVE PACK
..
Nothing works reliably.
Any other ideas?? Did I miss something obvious?
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 479.1 | Try SET SERVER_TIMEOUT 0 | VIDEO::KIRKPATRICK | Michael L. Kirkpatrick, Jr. | Tue Apr 28 1987 12:55 | 25 |
What version Kermit do you have in your account? The latest version
that I have is V3.2.076 and if you need a copy of it, copy it to
your account using the following path:
VIDEO::ENG$USER5:[KIRKPATRICK.AMIGA]KERMIT.EXE
Secondly, another thing you can set Kermit not to timeout using
the following:
SET SERVER_TIMEOUT 0
that would take care of the possible timeout problem you might be
having. Also, SET FILE TYPE BINARY is the right direction also.
I have been using Dave Weckers VT100_26 without any problems at
all with a DF224 modem. However, you must be communicating with
the at 1200 baud since Kermit fails at 2400 baud for unknown reasons
and gives error messages saying too many retries for packet ...
possible bug with the VT100_26 Kermit or is it only supposed to
work at 1200 baud?
Good luck with it and let me know how it works out.
Mike
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