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- Topic 6 Thu Nov 15, 1990
- T.MAUCH1 (Forwarded)
- Sub: "Common Sense" XMODEM transfer
-
- Inability to do an XMODEM transfer between the "common Sense D D D D D D D D D
- D C Kommon Sense" program on a C64 and "PROCOMM" on a PC.
- 11 message(s) total.
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- Category 8, Topic 6
- Message 1 Thu Nov 15, 1990
- T.MAUCH1 (Forwarded)
-
- Have been unable to do file transfer. On the other hand, it does work, for
- either machine, from the machine to GENIE and other services.
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- Category 8, Topic 6
- Message 2 Fri Nov 16, 1990
- C128-BILL [Bill] (Forwarded)
-
- Hi T.M.
-
- You didn't supply too much information, so I'll give you a general run down of
- what you should check/re-check.
-
- How are you hooking the two computers together?
- Usually the transfers are faster/easier to use a Null Modem device however
- the CBM computer needs an RS-232 interface hooked to the Null Modem, then to
- the clone. If you are using a Commodore specific Modem, then you might have
- to actually call the other computer on a telephone. It sounds like you have
- this part covered, somehow.
-
- Before you 'call' the other computer, make sure that your terminal settings
- are the same for both Common Sense and ProCom: 8 bits,1 stop bits, no parity
- (8N1), full duplex works well. Start off by setting both terms to 300 baud
- (due to the later question of the baud rate factor). This slower speed is
- just to verify that you have everything hooked/set correctly for your first
- transfer.
-
- Now have the CBM computer 'call' the clone. This can be done several ways,
- depending on how you 'hook' the two computers together.
-
- Once connection is made, type something on one computer, and see if the other
- computer displays the proper keystrokes. Don't worry about Line Feeds on the
- clone, that's minor and should not interfere with a transfer. Both computer
- screens should receive from the other, and if it does not, then go back and
- verify your terminal settings. If you wish to see a mirror image on BOTH
- screens at the same time, then activate Local Echo.
-
- Once we have established a semi reliable, 300 cps communication, we now have
- to make sure that we will be using the same protocol. Common Sense uses two
- types, and you should select XMODEM. In fact, make sure you inhibit the other
- protocol (make sure the lower screen doesn't have the 'B' on it). On the
- clone, I *think* Procom can use several different X-Modem protocols. Try X-
- Modem checksum first, then (if supported) Xmodem 'relaxed mode', but check
- with the IBMRT to be sure.
-
- Now comes the tricky part, and this can vary from term to term program. I
- always use Q-Modem for most of my transfers and Q-Modem requires that I start
- the clone first, then tell the Commodore to start sending. I don't know from
- which computer you are sending from, so you'll have to experiment. Initiate
- the transfer from one, and then the other.
-
- If you get a good transfer, try it at a higher speed (1200), but I don't think
- C.S. will go much higher with any reliability. You might have to fiddle with
- the Baud Rate Factor at higher speed, but this is covered in the New Member's
- Survival Kit found on the Main FlagShip Menu (page 625;6).
-
- Well, this has been too long, already, but without more details, I can't go
- much further (like talking about PETSCII to ASCII transfers) <grin>.
-
- Let us know how you made out, T.M. or supply us with some of the specifics.
-
- Good luck!
-
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- Category 8, Topic 6
- Message 3 Sun Nov 18, 1990
- H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded)
-
- Bill, All modems (Commodore specific too) can talk to each other using
- ordinary telephone cable. There is no need to actually use a telephone line.
- In fact, so long as you wouldn't try to use the set-up for long distances, you
- should have a very clean, noise free connection. Howie
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- Category 8, Topic 6
- Message 4 Mon Nov 19, 1990
- C128-BILL [Bill] (Forwarded)
-
- Gee Howie, I tried that several times but failed. ....So give me a hint!
- :)
-
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- Category 8, Topic 6
- Message 5 Wed Nov 21, 1990
- H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded)
-
- Bill, Well with Avatex it's easy. Push the front panel orig/ans button to
- originate on one 'puter, and to answer, on the other. Then push the
- voice/data button to data on both. That's it.
-
- Generically, on Hayes compatable units, doing an ATA first, then an ATD,
- on the other, should also do it.
-
- Howie
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- Category 8, Topic 6
- Message 6 Wed Nov 21, 1990
- BRAD-HARRIS (Forwarded)
-
- If I might add something here... On the "calling" computer, enter ATX1
- before you enter ATD. This sets the modem for "Blind Dialing." All that means
- is that it doesn't wait for a dial tone and won't go on-hook with an error
- message when it doesn't hear one.
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- Category 8, Topic 6
- Message 7 Fri Dec 07, 1990
- C128-BILL [Bill] (Forwarded)
-
- This Topic has been duplicated in Category 8 (Telecom) Topic 6. Please
- continue your discussion there.
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- Category 8, Topic 6
- Message 8 Sun Mar 10, 1991
- R.ENGELMAN at 14:37 CST
-
- I am using the Common Sense software with a C=1660 modem. I have tried
- several downloads from GEnie, but have been unsuccessful so far in completing
- a download. I suspect phone noise may be the problem. What is the best way
- to determine what the actuall problem is. Also, is it possible to get credit
- for time spent on unsuccessful downloads? Any information you can give me
- would be greatly appreciated.
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- Category 8, Topic 6
- Message 9 Mon Mar 11, 1991
- C128-BILL [Bill] at 00:34 EST
-
- R.E. Could you give us some more information about what happens, or what you
- think is happening? What are your terminal settings?
- If it's line noise, you might see some strange characters on your screen
- mixed in with text: ▐└_*&. ▐ ?▄
- Sometimes, just picking up the phone and dialing a 1 will reveal how 'clean'
- a line sounds. Sorta a tough call.
-
- One of the most common download problems is not waiting for GEnie's message:
- 'File Is Ready... Start your Xmodem transfer.'
- Now use the C=X command to start your transfer.
-
- Is the 'B' on the lower portion of the Screen off?
-
- Do you have enough room on your disk for the file that you are downloading,
- and about how far do you get through the download?
- Let us know so we can nail this down and get you into the Libraries!
-
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- Category 8, Topic 6
- Message 10 Sun Jul 14, 1991
- C.KALLAS at 13:47 EDT
-
- On commen sense, why won't my function keys save the new info? charle
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- Category 8, Topic 6
- Message 11 Fri Jul 19, 1991
- D.EEMSWILER [dave] at 04:32 EDT
-
- don't know if this will help but make sure you save configuration in the
- configuration section of the term. if it is like some of the terms i use then
- you have to have the config file to save any changes from the defaults.
- sometimes you over look the obvious by looking for a complicated answer, it
- took me a couple times to realize i had not saved the file before i learned to
- save it after every change.
-
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- Topic 7 Wed Jul 25, 1990
- H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded)
- Sub: A place to ask lingering questions...
-
- Here's the place to ask those lingering questions, that you've always wanted
- answers for, but were afraid to ask...
- 75 message(s) total.
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 1 Wed Jul 25, 1990
- H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded)
-
- A few questions for the Sysops.... And, everyone else.... About
- things I've been wondering about:
-
- [1] 7-E-1 seems to work here, as well as the recommended 8-N-1. Simce
- 7-E-1 uses one bit less, wouldn't this actually speed up transmissions by
- 1/8th, or about 12%?
-
- [2] A file after being transferred by modem probably has acquired added
- padding. One dose of "padding" can't add too much, but if the file has
- seen its way through a few transfers, it may grow considerably larger than
- its original. Before releasing files are they first stripped of possible
- accumulated extra padding?
-
- [3] I sent a check to the author of a 128 mode shareware term. It has
- now been upgraded for SwiftLink, and the new release is also shareware. I
- do not know if I am supposed to pay again.
-
- Howie
-
- P.S. That 128 mode term is actually in pre-release form only for
- purchasers of SwiftLink. It will be made available generally, very soon,
- with some more additions.
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 2 Wed Jul 25, 1990
- ED.BELL [* sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- If you strip the hi bit of your transmissions, the only thing you would have
- is 7 bit values. That MAY be ok for text files, though
- *I* wouldn't do it (especially for PETSCII files), but for any kind of
- executable file, you would end up with garbage.
-
- As for padding, Xmodem protocols pad to some multiple of 128 bytes. Under a
- worst case scenario, the most accumulation of padding that could occur is 1027
- bytes. If you upload a file with Xmodem and it is padded out to the nearest
- 128 bytes, then download it using Ymodem, the 128 byte rounding could do 1 of
- 2 things. It could end up on n even 1K boundary, in which case the Ymodem
- would add no more (GEnie only, I'll explain in a moment) or it could lap 1 or
- more 128 byte blocks into an even 1K block. make sense. If it lapped, the
- most cumulative padding that could ever occur would be 1024 bytes - 128 bytes
- * number of blocks lapped. Check this out...
-
- XXXXX 5 Block file uploaded in Xmodem X's are 128 byte packets O-------
- Same file downloaded with Ymodem. The O's are the actual Ymodem packets. The
- '-' characters represent what those packets cover in terms of Xmodem packets.
- With this example, you can see another 3 128 byte packets could be added to
- the original file. Some terms do strip this stuff. I don't because the way
- most terms do it (Desterm, Novaterm, Wizard) are using an assumption that is
- contrary to Ymodem specification and under certain circumstances could strip
- away valid file data. Here on GEnie, Chuck Forsberg chose not to step down
- block size for the last 7 blocks of a file, meaning more padding for most
- transfers than necessary. But the scenario you mention has a limit. If all
- terms in the picture use only Xmodem, even if none of them strip padding, the
- program can get no bigger than the original upload. In the diagram above, the
- first 4 X's are all file data, and the 5th one would most likely be part file
- data and part file padding. So a Ymodem download would add its padding to
- this, but that would be the extent of the padding added, because in all cases,
- the file would now be an even multiple of 128 bytes.
-
- As for the Shareware, I don't think the author expects you to register twice.
- Registered users (Desterm) are automatically sent the next release. I think
- Matt asks $10 if you would like a laser printed manual.
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 3 Thu Jul 26, 1990
- H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded)
-
- Ed, Thanks for the explanations. I quess that I just had a lot of
- mis-information about those things.
-
- Howie
-
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 4 Thu Jul 26, 1990
- DIGITAL.DOC (Forwarded)
-
- Howie,
- Perhaps I have the answer to the 7-E-1 verses 8-N-1 question. I don't
- think you would see any speed up at all. In both cases, you are effectively
- dealing with 9 bits. 7-E-1 will send 7 data bits plus 1 parity bit plus 1
- stop bit: total 9. 8-N-1 will send 7 data bits, no parity bit, and 1 stop
- bit: total 9. To see the possible speed up you suggest, you would have to
- deal with 7-N-1, which would be 8 bits and should transfer data in 8/9 of the
- time. (Subject to the problems you would find dealing with program files)
- <Grin>
- <Doc>
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 5 Fri Jul 27, 1990
- ED.BELL [* sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- I believe that 8N1 is actually 10 bits/byte, making baud rate in terms of
- bytes a multiple of 10's. I believe there is a bit you are not counting in
- there, but overall, the only place it could be factored is in things like the
- BB, where at worst you would lose your capital letters. In file transfers,
- you would be in a lot more trouble, except, again, for text files.
-
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 6 Fri Jul 27, 1990
- WC.COLEMAN [*Sysop*] (Forwarded)
-
- In both cases you are dealing with 10 bits - Doc forgot about the start bit!
- The only real difference between 8N1 and 7E1 is that 7E1 trades in the high
- bit for a parity bit - now that's what I call a waste! -WC
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 7 Fri Jul 27, 1990
- ED.BELL [* sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- I didn't know about the 7e1, but I did know it was 10 for 8n1. Thanks Bill!
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 8 Fri Jul 27, 1990
- WC.COLEMAN [*Sysop*] (Forwarded)
-
- All RS232 bytes have 1 start bit, x stop bit(s), x data bits, and an optional
- parity bit. So 8N1 is 1+1+8+0 = 10 and 7E1 is 1+1+7+1 = 10.
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 9 Sat Jul 28, 1990
- R.RANDALL5 [Zeroy] (Forwarded)
-
- It is only because of the serendipitous fact that most asynch transmissions
- are 10 bits per character that the term "bps" is equivalent to "baud".
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 10 Fri Nov 09, 1990
- W.ROBERSON (Forwarded)
-
- For those of you wanting to order the latest version of Dialogue-128, I have
- the address of the publisher.
-
- The latest version is V2.2. Many changes have been made to the overall
- program. The scripts are now written in the editor, and should now be able
- to run from a RAM Buffer, although I still have trouble with that feature.
-
- To get version 2.2, write to:
-
- Shining Star Software Shining Star Software Box 638
- or #1205 - 1640 Bayview Ave. 1102 Kensington Ave. Toronto, Ont.
- M4G 4E9 Buffalo, NY 14215
-
- And the particulars are:
-
- US$49.95 or CDN$59.95 (in Canada) + $7 S&H
-
- There will soon be a v2.2 demo. I will upload it here as soon as it is
- available.
-
- 8) Bill 8)
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 11 Fri Nov 09, 1990
- W.ROBERSON (Forwarded)
-
- For those of you wanting to order the latest version of Dialogue-128, I have
- the address of the publisher.
-
- The latest version is V2.2. Many changes have been made to the overall
- program. The scripts are now written in the editor, and should now be able
- to run from a RAM Buffer, although I still have trouble with that feature.
-
- To get version 2.2, write to:
-
- Shining Star Software Shining Star Software
- Box 638 or #1205 - 1640 Bayview Ave.
- 1102 Kensington Ave. Toronto, Ont. M4G 4E9
- Buffalo, NY 14215
-
- And the particulars are:
-
- US$49.95 or CDN$59.95 (in Canada) + $7 S&H
-
- There will soon be a v2.2 demo. I will upload it here as soon as it is
- available.
-
- 8) Bill 8)
-
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 12 Sun Nov 11, 1990
- GULLIBLE [Jon] (Forwarded)
-
- I'm seeing double :)
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 13 Mon Nov 26, 1990
- D.RUMSMOKE (Forwarded)
-
- I got a strange one. Any one know of a reason why a 1670 modem will work fine
- on a 64, but not on a 128 or a 128D? when hooked up to the 128 the speaker has
- a slight buzz and will not answer any of the AT commands. Nor will it pick up
- the phone or dial out. If anyone has any suggestions could ya leave me a email
- note to tell me that there are some tips here? I am kinda broke because of
- slowdowns at work. I like this section but can't afford to check in all the
- time. Thanks a bunch!!!
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 14 Tue Nov 27, 1990
- H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded)
-
- D.Rumsmoke, That's a well documented prob with the stock 128, when you have a
- printer on the serial line, with its power turned off.
-
- Just turn the printer back on, and the prob you describe will go away. In fact
- it is a good practice to leave all attached devices on when you are using your
- computer.
-
- Howie
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 15 Wed Dec 05, 1990
- JBEE (Forwarded)
-
- I used a C1670 on my flat 128s, i echo the previous suggestion about turning
- everything on!
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 16 Sat Mar 02, 1991
- R.WILKERSON8 (Forwarded)
-
- RE:ascii/petascii translation
-
- Would someone PLEASE provide me with some information concerning a program
- that will translate petascii to ascii? I'm trying to transfer some text files
- written with the c128 so they can be read with IBM-AT computer. Any and all
- help would be greatly appreciated.
-
- *NORTH STAR*
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 17 Sat Mar 02, 1991
- H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded)
-
- North Star,
-
- Just about _ALL_ wordprocessors, and terminal programs for the 64 and 128 will
- do ascii-petascii translation. [The thing to be careful about is that it is
- just done ONCE, by EITHER the WP or Term.
-
- If you then want to place the text onto a disk for DOS to read, you could use
- XLINK2.1A, which you should find here in the library, or my personal favorite,
- Big Blue Reader.
-
- Hope this is the info you need!
-
- Howie
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 18 Sun Mar 03, 1991
- MWELLONS (Forwarded)
-
- I use an IBM w/genie ,but my son has an older C-64 with a 300 baud modem and
- wants to learn how to use genie but has no communications program.Is their a
- public domain decent program around?how do i get it?Or do i need to go to the
- store.Silly Question, is their anyway i could D/l with my IBM and it work on
- his commodore?
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 19 Mon Mar 04, 1991
- H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded)
-
- You _CAN_ download programs on your IBM for your son's C-64. Since both
- machines have modems, an ordinary modular telephone cord plugged into each
- modem is all that is needed to transfer files over.
-
- However, there is a catch-22. You will first need a communications
- program for the C-64, in order to do this.
-
- After you've decided on which terminal program you want from those others
- will be suggesting, let me know, and I'll download the file, and send you
- a disk. This is probably the quickest way to get your son up and running.
-
- I would suggest, however, for your son to have more fun on GEnie, that you
- consider getting a faster modem. RUN magazine is selling 1200 baud
- Commodore model #1670 modems that will plug directly into the C-64, for
- $25. Or, for around $70-80 there are 2400 baud units.
-
- Then for around $90 you can get a 2400 baud non-Commodore specific one,
- that can be used with any computer. An inter-connect is needed for this,
- which ads another $30-35. And, then you might consider a 9600 baud unit
- for around $450 or so, a SwiftLink inter-connect for $40, and let him do
- 38,400 baud through-put.
-
- I seem to be getting head of myself.... :)
-
- Let's get him started first. Just let me know what you want, and I'll get
- that disk off to you.
-
- Howie
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 20 Mon Mar 04, 1991
- C128.JBEE (Forwarded)
-
- You didn't say how old your son was but if he is under ten I bet he
- can't read over 300 baud. What you might want to do is take Howie up on
- his offer for the disk and let your son browse GEnie at 300 untill you
- know he likes it, and maybe download a few short programs. Most C=
- files even at 300 baud don't take long to download.
- Then if he is really interested, the cheapest way out might be to buy
- a SWIFTLINK Rs232 intrface (CMD sells it now) and a null modem cable.
- Download on your IBM and then using a good C64 term (either PD or
- commercial) transfer the files between the computers at up to 19,200
- with Ymodem.
- Or just go out and buy a new modem. IF I was buying a modem I would get
- a Swiftlink interface and a standard RS232 modem. Though, at $25 a
- 1200 modem might be a worthwhile investment.
- You might also try picking up a used modem and interface. Nothing worng
- with something used as long as it works. Half of my stuff is used and to
- me it was a better value because I got it cheap and use it more :D
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 21 Fri Mar 08, 1991
- R.WILKERSON8 (Forwarded)
-
- RE: COMMODORE ZMODEM ????????
-
- Can anyone suggest a terminal program for the commodore 128d that supports
- ZMODEM transfers? Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
-
- *North Star*
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 22 Sat Mar 09, 1991
- C128-BILL [Bill] (Forwarded)
-
- Currently, there are no Terminal Programs for the Commodore 8-bit machines
- that support Z-Modem.
-
- Speaking of which, if there is an energetic ML programmer lurking in this B.B.
- that would be interested in looking at and finishing a half done Z-Modem term
- for the 64, please send me GEmail.
-
- Formal N.D.A. will be required.
-
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 23 Sat Mar 09, 1991
- R.RANDALL5 [Zeroy] (Forwarded)
-
- I use a program that I think I found in the IBM RT called CBM- IBM.COM for
- PetSCII to ASCII translation. This one runs on the IBM not the C=, which is
- fine with me because my PC is so much faster.
-
- I had 5 disks full of old SpeedScript files that I wanted to move to my PC.
- These were all short, one or two page documents. I used SpeedScript to load
- as many of them as possible into a single file and output them to disk using
- SpeedScript's "print to disk" function so that the resulting file would be
- formatted PetSCII. I merged them so that the transfer could be done
- efficiently. After I had transfered them to the PC, I used CBM-IBM to
- translate the files to true ASCII. Then I was able to load them into
- WordPerfect for editing. The translation of the formatted ASCII files was
- flawless. It took hours to transfer the files but only seconds to translate
- them. These files represented about 2 years worth of text entry work so the
- hours spent was well worth it.
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 24 Sat Mar 09, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- If you transfer a lot of data back and forth between your 8 bit and another
- machine a big time saver is to use CS-DOS and either csx or lha to
- compress the files and then uncompress them on the other machine.
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 25 Sun Mar 10, 1991
- C128-BILL [Bill] (Forwarded)
-
- Yes, Zeroy... this is an excellent MS-DOS utility for file translations. I
- used it a few times and it worked very well and super-fast!
-
- Ultra Term (V-3 for the C-128) also can be used to 'null-modem' files from the
- CBM to IBM-type machines. It has an auto 'Petscii to Ascii while transmitting
- feature' that is also handy.
-
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 26 Mon Mar 11, 1991
- BRAD-HARRIS (Forwarded)
-
- Anyone who does a lot of CBM to IBM file transfers and PETASCII to ASCII
- translation should be aware of the SwiftLink-232 cartridge that's available
- from CMD. It has the communication chip that Commodore left out of the 64 and
- 128, and supports speeds of up to 38,400 BPS. It includes several term
- programs, one of which was written just for this type of transfer using a null-
- modem cable to connect the two machines, and does the translation on the fly.
-
- Brad
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 27 Tue Mar 12, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- Also, one thing that should be mentioned is not to use a switch box on
- the interface to switch between modems or interfaces while the power is on.
- From what people have told me the voltage surge burns out the Swiftlink and
- it's probably a good idea with any piece of equipment, though I do it all
- the time with my printers and drives ;D
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 28 Tue Mar 12, 1991
- H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded)
-
- I was logging-in to GEnie, and instead of getting connected, got the
- following:
-
- atev
- at&fs2=43s7=50s9=6s10=0s14=196s21=60s22=118s23=6s28=8s52=200s27=64s29=128
- s31=32s32=68s33=0s35=1s37=0s45=6s47=13s48=72*d0s0=1&s2q1
-
- I thought my modem went crazy, so checked it after the hangup:
-
- AT&V
-
-
- AVATEX RS2400 V2.0I1
-
- ACTIVE PROFILE:
- S00:000 S01:000 S02:043 S03:013 S04:010 S05:008 S06:002 S07:030
- S08:002 S09:006 S10:014 S11:050 S12:050 S14:8AH S16:00H S18:000
- S21:78H S22:72H S23:07H S25:005 S26:001 S27:40H
- B1 E1 L2 M0 Q0 V1 X4 Y0 &C1 &D3 &G0 &J0 &L0 &P0 &M0 &R0 &S1 &X0 &Y0
-
- STORED PROFILE 0:
- S00:000 S11:050 S14:8AH S18:000 S21:78H S22:72H S23:17H S25:005
- S26:001 S27:40H
-
- STORED PROFILE 1:
- S00:001 S11:070 S14:ACH S18:000 S21:20H S22:76H S23:37H S25:005
- S26:001 S27:40H
-
- TELEPHONE NUMBERS
- &Z0: 10222
- &Z1:
- &Z2:
- &Z3:
-
- OK
-
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- The settings are different, so it wasn't from here. What gives?
-
- Howie
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 29 Tue Mar 12, 1991
- C128-BILL [Bill] (Forwarded)
-
- The newer S/L's don't have this problem, from what CMD tells me.
-
- Though maybe Kent can verify thi...
-
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 30 Tue Mar 12, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- Howie, it looks like a modem dump of the S registers, most likely
- from a real Hayes compatible, maybe someone on the genie system was
- checkingtheir terminal, maybe you got a line from someone else within
- your node, who knows? Did you type PORT ?
- Either way I know I would be changing my password soon
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 31 Wed Mar 13, 1991
- C128-BILL [Bill] (Forwarded)
-
- You should always change your password on a regular basis!!
-
- However, this is a local problem with the line that Howie is calling in on,
- and I will need a PORT number to report it or the phone number that you are
- using (if you don't get totally online).
-
- ▄▄▄▄ Always ▄▄▄▄
-
- Grap that PORT number if something amiss while online, however if you can't
- GET Online, then send me email when you can get online with the phone number
- that you are using and I will report it for you. If, for some reason you can
- not even get online, then call
- 1-800-638-9636
-
-
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- Message 32 Wed Mar 13, 1991
- H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded)
-
- JBEE,
-
- Thanks for the suggestion to change the password. Never would have thought
- of it...
-
- Those └S' registers I got were sorta interesting. They run all the way up
- to the 50's.
-
- Quess it may be time to get a newer modem to find out what those above 27
- are all about.
-
- Howie
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- Message 33 Thu Mar 14, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- Ya, maybe it's the new Supra Super 38K baud modem for the coomputer that
- has everything!
- lol
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 34 Fri Mar 29, 1991
- A.BERNHARDT (Forwarded)
-
- The newer Swiftlink cartridges work fine. I had problems with mine at first
- and had to send it in twice. (Unknown what caused the problem; may have been
- something to do with using it with my SX64.) It works fine now. Been running
- it with my BBS for a couple months with no problems. Transfered 404 block file
- in 99 seconds at 19.2Kbps with standard xmodem.
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 35 Sat Mar 30, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- Now, that's fast! :)
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 36 Tue Jul 30, 1991
- C.KALLAS (Forwarded)
-
- Are there any good telecommunication programs for the c-64 that have
- scrolling back and forth? charlie
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 37 Tue Jul 30, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- Good question! The only reason I still use Sixth Sense 128 is because of
- the scroll back buffer.
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- Message 38 Fri Aug 09, 1991
- W.ROBERSON (Forwarded)
-
- JBEE,
- Just for information, Dialogue 128 has a scroll back buffer.
-
- I still use the SS128 I purchased from you several years ago, but now I do
- most of my online things using Dialogue.
-
- 8) Bill 8)
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- Message 39 Fri Aug 09, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- So you are the person I for which I hunted down that used copy :D
-
- Maybe I will try Dia.128 now that its available here and less than $30.
- I still use Sixth Sense 128 for the BB because I enjoy the scroll back
- buffer (i hate having to transfer to another buffer to view the contents...I
- like using the cursor keys). Sometimes I scroll back just far enough to
- answer one paragraph of a question when I start my "REPly"
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 40 Sun Aug 18, 1991
- P.PUEY (Forwarded)
-
- ALL NEW BBS!!!
-
- The Posse BBS (415) 588-1731 300/1200/2400 baud San Bruno CA 24 hours a day/7
- days a week
-
- The Most Slammin', Dope, Hip Hop, BBS in the San Francisco Bay Area !!!
-
- The Posse provides support for: Amiga
- Commodore 64/128
- IBM
- Macintosh
- Atari ST
-
- The Posse busts a variety of slammin' PD software libraries and message
- centers for the supported computers. Message centers also included for
- discussion of:
- MUSIC, MOVIES, MUSIC VIDEOS, TV SHOWS
- ADULT TOPICS (eh hem) :)
- BUY AND SELL (Classified Ads)
- GAME CLUES, HINTS, NEWS, ETC.
-
- ANSI and ASCII menus supported --- Skypix menus soon to come...
-
- Call Now !!! BBS number: (415) 588-1731 Voice line: (415) 588-4114
-
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- Message 41 Tue Aug 20, 1991
- C.CORDOVA1 (Forwarded)
-
- can someone tell me about a program to read txt files. i download them but
- cant use them. thanks.s*
-
-
-
-
-
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- Message 42 Sat Sep 28, 1991
- B.KIMBALL [Storm] (Forwarded)
-
- Help!! I have a C-64. I am in college, I am taking Pascal, using Turbo Pascal
- I don't have an IBM to do my homework on, but a friend of mine does. He's got
- a comm program that lets my C-64 act like the IBM keyboard via modem. I am
- using NovaTerm 9.3 which allows me 80 columns, the IBM screen looks great on
- the 64. I can type in my turbo pascal programs from my house, but I can't do
- anything else, because I need the IBM ALT key to use the Graphic interface to
- compile/save/or even exit
- I figured it would be easy to just redefine the PETascii conversion table so
- that I could turn the C= key into an ALT key, but I ran into a problem: The
- ALT key makes the key board send a null (CHR$(0)) right before whatever key is
- pressed. i.e.: ALT-B = CHR$(0)+CHR$(2) or maybe CHR$(0)+CHR$(66) (I can't
- remember exactly, the books at his house) but the actual problem is finding an
- 80 column term program that treats the C= key like the ALT key so it will send
- the preliminary CHR$(0).
- If anyone's got any suggestions, PLEASE let me know...
- Thanks, Ben Kimball (B.Kimball)
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- Message 43 Wed Oct 23, 1991
- SKIZ (Forwarded)
-
- I have been a diehard Bobsterm Pro 128 fan for a long time. I especially like
- the macros that can be used to automate many online functions. I use several
- different ones to navigate GEnie depending on where I want to go and what I
- want to do when I get there. This requires several different phonebook
- entries.
-
- I am at present learning Dialogue 128 which seems to be a more capable program
- in many respects. It's auto-exec script language seems much more powerful
- than BTP's macro ability but it seems that only one script can be associated
- with each phone number. I hope I'm wrong so here's my question...
-
- Can I have different phonebook entries such as Flagship, Starship, News, etc.,
- all with the same phone number but with different scripts?
-
- As with most of my stupid questions, there's usually a very simple answer. I
- hope it's not no this time. :D
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- Message 44 Thu Oct 24, 1991
- HOWIE-CBM [H.HERMAN1] (Forwarded)
-
- SKIZ,
-
- Good question. Especially since it's not covered in the Manual. Nor, does
- Dialogue provide for this.
-
- However, thanks to Ma Bell, there is an easy └work-around' solution.
-
- The telephone company will ignore any extra digits tagged onto numbers. So,
- access to different scripts, at the same number can be done by using, for
- example:
-
- 555-12121
- 555-12122
- 555-12123
- etc., etc.
-
- I've never tried tagging on two digits, but the above scheme will let you use
- nine scripts, for starters.
-
- Hope this is the info you wanted.
-
- BTW, I certainly agree with you on your assessments of BTP and Dialogue.
- To me Dialogue is an up-to-date enhanced version of BTP. :)
-
- Oh! A suggestion: A script could be written to present a menu, wait for
- a keypress, and then depending on what key, run the different phone
- scripts.
-
- The script language (which I am also just learning) offers a lot of
- possibilities. I'd love to see someone write one to turn Dialogue into a
- mini BBS. (hint hint) :)
-
- Howie
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- Message 45 Wed Oct 30, 1991
- D.DANIELS6 (Forwarded)
-
- I have a small problem.... I was asked to be a co-sysop for an ibm bbs and i
- am running a c-64...the problem is this What do i need to reed Mega mail
- " " it is a non ms-dos UTI handler.The sysop said I need a quik reader
- geneated file Mega mail option on the program he is using called executive
- host by telex zips together messages that can be either d/l or u/l back to the
- base. Is there anything out there that i can do this or a way to get around
- this with my c-64????? please send response to d.daniels6
- thanks
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 46 Thu Oct 31, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- I have never heard of "mega mail". If you could find out how the mail is
- stored and in what format we might be able to suggest something to try.
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 47 Tue Feb 11, 1992
- M.DULSKI1 [Mark @WIZARD] at 21:09 CST
-
- Just a quick question, does CCGMS 5.5 support Xmodem file transfers?
- If not, anybody know what version first started supporting xmodem?
- oops, that's 2 questions ;)
-
- ▐▐Mark▐▐
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 48 Thu Feb 13, 1992
- HOWIE-CBM at 03:17 EST
-
- Mark,
-
- Yea, I can see two questions there about CCGMS, too... :)
-
- Howie
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- Message 49 Sat Mar 21, 1992
- J.CEBULY [john] at 16:50 EST
-
- I can't find the answer to this anywhere. I am running a BBS on my 128. Most
- of my callers are IBMoids so my UD's contain MS-DOS files. Sometimes I will DL
- MSDOS files from other boards using my 128 but I can't figure out whether to
- make them [P]rogram or [S]equential files. Isn't that exclusive to Commodore
- DOS, the seq or pgm selection? Does it make a difference to my callers if the
- files are written to my disk as either one?
-
- Also, when IBM callers UL something, my system asks them if it is a program
- or seq file. Does it matter which answer they give?
-
- Thanks jc
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- Message 50 Sat Mar 21, 1992
- R.KNOP1 [Rob Knop] at 21:09 EST
-
- Probably a good general rule of thumb is when it doubt, make it a PRG file.
- This signifies a binary file on the C= system, whereas SEQ traditionally means
- a text file.
-
- Really, the difference is only philosophical. The only difference between SEQ
- and PRG files is a flag in the header. Since MS-DOS systems don't ever see
- this flag, it can be set to whatever it pleases when the file is uploaded.
- When the file is then downloaded to another MS-DOS system, tha system will get
- the same file regardless of whether it was a SEQ or a PRG file on your BBS.
-
- -Rob
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- Message 51 Sun Aug 16, 1992
- A.ANDREWS4 at 21:36 EDT
-
- I've got a C64 with standard 1541 disk drive and a 64 modem. I'd like to
- transfer files from the C64 disks to a MacIntosh Powerbook 170.
-
- I've got a VT52 emulation program for the C64, and just about anything
- emulatable on the Mac. Using a modular phone cord, what are the steps--one
-
- at a time--I must go through to effect the transfer? I assume it's possible,
- but I don't seem to get anything so far. --Thanks,
-
- --Arlan Andrews, Sr.
-
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- Message 52 Tue Aug 18, 1992
- HOWIE-CBM at 04:10 EDT
-
- Arlan,
-
- Exactly how far have you gotten?
-
- Let us know, so that we know where/what info you may need.
-
- Howie
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 53 Tue Aug 18, 1992
- CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 06:11 EDT
-
- And do you know how to use a null-modem hookup?
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- Category 8, Topic 7
- Message 54 Tue Aug 18, 1992
- A.ANDREWS4 at 21:44 EDT
-
- [eing ignorant of the hook-up sequence, all I know how to do is connect the
- modular corde e modular cord between the C64 modem and the Mac. For a few
- days I do have use of an IBM PC,, and do have a null modem for the cables
- involved there. This is something an experienced person could do quickly, I'm
- sure, but I have no diagrams, nor instructions. I've got a VT52 emulation
- program I ause used to use when I got onto GEnie with the C64, and this Mac
- has more features than a person might ever need (till next purchase, at
- least...) 'Preciate any help, but it should be step-by-ignorant-step for me.
- Thanks.
-
- Arlan
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- Message 55 Wed Aug 19, 1992
- HOWIE-CBM at 00:20 EDT
-
- Arlan,
-
- Very easy. Really:
-
- [1] Attach a length of phone cord from the modem in the C64 to the one in
- the Mac.
-
- [2] Boot up your favorite omm software on each machine.
-
- [3] While in Terminal mode on each, enter an ATA on one machine, and an
- ATD on the other.
-
- [4] Follow the software instructions for transferring files.
-
- Howie
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- Message 56 Wed Aug 19, 1992
- A.ANDREWS4 at 20:31 EDT
-
- Howie--thanks. Will give it a try.--Arlan
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