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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Kermit to Kermit Problem
Message-Id: <1995Jun12.121332.53898@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 12 Jun 95 12:13:32 MDT
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In article <mark-1206950907250001@syrinx.isotro.ca>, mark@isotro.ca (Mark M.) writes:
> I am trying to upload to a BBS (Wildcat S/W V3) using KEAterm V4.1.
> The two Kermits do not work, I get an error message:
> error: unable to open or write file
> I have tried many different settings for kermit - no luck.
> Downloading works fine.
> Procomm's kermit works fine with the Wildcat BBS S/W.
> Zmodem works fine.
> I have no problems connecting to Compuserve's kermit or others.
> Does anyone have any experience with these products.
>
> KEAterm supports CKERMIT v5a (188) or Kermit 32 V3.3.117 or better.
> Wildcat is not forthcoming in its level of Kermit support.
>
> The only diff I see is that KEAterm has a max packet size 1013 - procomm works
> fine at a packet size of 1024. Can it be that the packet size on the BBS
> s/w must
> see a size of 1024?
>
> Your experience and expertise is greatly appreciated.
> Please email me direct - I will summarize and repost.
-----------------
How curious. The Kermit protocol is designed to be upward
compatible, so these version number things and packet length things
are peculiar indeed. The two sides negotiate packet lengths, unless
the authors did not do the negotiations properly.
You are probably prepared for this, so here it is again. The
Columbia Kermit Project has a nifty MS-DOS Kermit suitable for use
on BBS', it's MS-DOS Kermit Lite. It's within the quick-start kit,
binary file msvibm.zip in directory kermit/bin on kermit.columbia.edu.
The Kermit implementation found on most BBS' is best described as
dreadful, hence our creation of "the real thing" Lite edition. There
are some rules to be followed by BBS operators, but they are simple to
comply with.
The places to take your KEAterm and Wildcat BBS concerns are
to those vendors. Before you do, a hint is maybe you have no write
access on that BBS.
Joe D.