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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: Vax K32 Still Wierd - More Info....
Date: 30 Sep 1998 13:20:06 GMT
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In article <6us355$s45$1@ink.msen.com>, <ed@please.reply.in.newsgroup> wrote:
: Thanks for the help so far.... it appears that there IS a debug mode
: in vax kermit-32 circa 1990.... set debug on.
:
Oh right, I forgot about that.
: Checksum: "." = 14 (dec)
: %KERMIT32-E-REC_TOO_BIG, Record to big for KERMIT's internal buffers
:
This message means what it says.
: set MAXBUF to 64000, the max value. I hope this is what I was supposed to
: do. It did not appear to have any effect. Also tried robust mode, small
: packets, a few other strange ideas I cooked up myself. Oh, no terminal
: servers, just me talking to a linux box. Also tried it to a local ISP
: with a terminal server, just for the hell of it - no change. Gurus I
: beseech thee! Whats the deal?
:
The problem is a limitation in Kermit-32. If I recall correctly, the biggest
record (line of text) it can receive is 4K, so evidently you are sending a
record longer than that. This probably means Kermit-32 is in text mode.
You'll need to tell it to "set file type binary" or "set file type block".
- Frank