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- From: chena@crs.cl.msu.edu (Antony Chen)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
- Subject: Re: Telix, Z-Modem and Unix
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.161450.14633@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 16:14:50 GMT
- References: <1992Sep10.002204.20759@news2.cis.umn.edu>
- Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu
- Organization: Michigan State University
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- wright@epx.cis.umn.edu (Mark Wright) writes:
-
- >I've been thinking about switching from procomm to telix to take advantage
- >of Z-Modem, which seems to be much faster that the Kermit I usually use.
- >The problem is, whenever I try to download something from my university
- >unix account using ZModem (ie. sz -b <filename>), it will usually bomb out.
- >I never have this problem with Kermit. Is ZModem (or at least telix's
- >implementation of it) known to be unreliable, or should I look for the problem
- >at my unix site (which really means giving up, since I have no idea where to
- >start - I don't even think I know the address of the system administrator, or
- >whatever). Are there any obvious and often overlooked ZModem quirks, or should
- >I just stick with Kermit?
-
- Heavens no! Don't give up and don't go back to Kermit. I use Qmodem 5.0
- and I run Zmodem on NeXT, Apollo, and Sun platforms and haven't had any
- problems. I just type sz <file1> <file2> and so on...it works just fine.
- BTW, make sure you have a binary pathway to send your files. Your dial-in
- might be set for text which would explain why it would bomb. And, although
- I have no idea who the sysadmin is, try: root@epx.cis.umn.edu
- or: there should be a help command within your system. You might be able
- to send mail to a support group who will tell you what to do in your case.
- Good luck!
-
- chena@crs.cl.msu.edu
-