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- From: bill@solaria (Bill Neisius)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
- Subject: Re: rz/sz doesn't work on our machines
- Message-ID: <23235@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>
- Date: 9 Sep 92 19:44:38 GMT
- References: <1992Sep8.181202.2287@digi.lonestar.org>
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- Kevin Gallagher (kgallagh@digi.lonestar.org) wrote:
- : In article <1992Sep04.184127.17533@edsi.plexus.COM> chuck@edsi.plexus.COM (Chuck Tomasi) writes:
- : I compiled the rz/sz sources under Domain/OS 10.3.0.8 on a DN3550 in SYSTYPE
- : bsd4.3. I connect from my PC at home to my Apollo through a DECserver to a
- : VAX (running VMS) and from the VAX to the Apollo via telnet. The connection
- : turns out to be very robust. The modem runs at 2400 baud. On the PC, I use
- : Crosstalk Mk.4, the latest version, using the build-in implementation of
- : ZMODEM.
- :
- : I can upload files from my Apollo node to my PC by invoking the sz command at
- : the Unix shell prompt. The transfer rate is outstanding at around 232
- : characters per second. However, I can't get the rz command to download files
- : from my PC to my Apollo. I do suspect the ZMODEM implementation in Crosstalk
- : is, at least, partially at fault, but I can't be sure. The version of Kermit
- : we have installed doesn't handle downloads to the Apollo as well as it handles
- : uploads. We have to use smaller packets when downloading than when uploading,
- : and download failures happen often. So it is possible that there is something
- : about the Apollo that causes problems here.
-
- I also connect my PC through a VAX to my Apollo. However, I found that
- the only way I could send files from the Apollo to the PC was to use
- the '-e' (escape control characters) option. I assume that without it
- the VAX in the middle is XOFF'd and communication is blocked. Unfortunately,
- although the GSZ I use on the PC can receive escaped control characters,
- it doesn't seem to be able to send them... transferring a file from PC
- to Apollo requires storing it on the VAX then ftp'ing to Apollo...
-
- So how are you able to get 232 cps? Best I get (with the '-e' option)
- is about 180 cps...
-
- Bill Neisius
- bill@solaria.hac.com
-