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From: Arthur Marsh <marsh@ties.itu.ch>
Organization: International Telecommunications Union - TIES user
Subject: Re: BBS and Kermit
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 21:07:54 +1030
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
It sounds as if the bbs' kermit implementation isn't sending the files
in binary mode. Can you try a conventional binary file download from the
bbs, rather than a .qwk packet?
Bob Bernstein wrote:
>
> My local bbs, a Wildcat board, now has a telnet node, so I have been
> trying to access it and grab qwk packets with Kermit. With K95, and
> using the board's zmodem protocol, the packets come through nicely.
>
> If I set the board to use its kermit protocol, then the packets come
> through mangled and can't be unzipped. This even if I set K95 to "robust"
> mode.
>
> I get the same result using Kermit for DOS on another machine, i.e. qwk
> packets sent to me via kermit get corrupted in transit.
>
> I do notice some oddness at the end of the d/l; it's as if the board isn't
> sure the packet d/l has been completed. I don't see this using zmodem.
>
> I'm doing all of this via ethernet to a Linux box connected to a cable modem.
>
> --
> Bob Bernstein http://members.home.net/ruptured-duck
> at bobbern@delphi.com
> Esmond, R.I., USA Learning......OpenBSD 2.5!