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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

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

613.0. "downloading (a common error)" by AUNTB::PRESSLEY () Mon Jul 27 1987 00:14

    Ever since I began downloading files to my Amiga I've had problems.
    I decided to find out if it was me or just bad arc files I was trying
    to download.  So I uploaded an arc file from my amiga which I knew
    was good and then downloaded it back to my amiga.  Guess what, 
    it was bad.  I then discovered that I had neglected to end my file
    transfer with kermit bye.  I tried my experiment again and everything
    worked just fine.  I think that is a common error made by many.

    PS: I have yet to successfully download a file that was not arced.
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613.1COUGAR::SMCAFEESteve McAfeeMon Jul 27 1987 12:4811
    
    Were you using Dave Wecker's VT100 or Kermit itself?  I've downloaded
    a lot of stuff with VT100 Kermit and I never once used Kermit BYE.
    I usually just do a couple of CTRL-Y's when the file is done.  This
    gets me back to the VAX kermit prompt.  This has always worked for
    Arc files as well as text and binary executables.
    
    regards,
    
    steve mcafee
613.2DICKNS::MACDONALDWA1OMM Listening 224.28Mon Jul 27 1987 14:023
    I've never used Kermit BYE either.
    
    Paul
613.3<NITMOI::WITHERSWed Jul 20 1988 19:5511
    Help!  I have tried to download files and get Xmodem failures! 
    The glitch is that I am calling in thru TSN, because my local site
    is long distance.  When I called onto the local server I had no
    problems but TSN, I believe, reserves the 8th bit for its own parity
    checks and usage.  Does anyone know a way around this?  Has anyone
    used TSN and downloaded successfully?  Does anyone know why space
    shuttles are white?  Why blackboards aren't black boards?  [Ok,
    I'm getting silly but seriously any help is appreciated. :-)]
    
    George
613.4Try KERMIT?BOMBE::MOOREWhere do you go when you're Toad Away?Thu Jul 21 1988 00:262
    I've downloaded stuff via TSN using KERMIT in the past.  It only
    requires a 7-bit data path...
613.5 xmodem NG over TSNOZZAIB::ROSCETTIcan they make my scope plan B?Thu Jul 21 1988 19:1812
    
    Have to agree with .4  use kermit with TSN
    
    Xmodem won't work over TSN. I have never successfully downloaded
    thru TSN using Xmodem. I've tried it on Atari's, Rainbow's, and
    Amiga's.
    
    You can use Xmodem for ascii capture though.. Text files and .UUE
    files can be sent this way.
    
    brien
613.6PNO::SANDERSBa belaganaThu Jul 21 1988 23:0410
        The reason XMODEM does not work over TSN or any other 7-bit data
        path is that there is no 7-bit support in XMODEM.  It was
        designed from the start to only support 8-bit data paths.
        
        XMODEM does support both batch (background) transfers and 1024
        byte block transfers.  The later versions also have built-in CRC
        checking.
        
        Bob