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- From: mtpins@icaen.uiowa.edu (Michael T Pins)
- Subject: Re: rz/sz doesn't work on our machines
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- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 04:15:23 GMT
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- chuck@edsi.plexus.COM (Chuck Tomasi) writes:
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- >We're running mostly DN3550/DN4500/DN5500 machines on our site (with a
- >few 425Ts) under Domain/OS 10.3.5. We compiled the rz/sz sources with
- >SYSTYPE=sys5.3 and everything appeared to go alright. The problem is
- >that they don't work. The same sources work fine from an HP-UX v8.0
- >machine however it seems that something is being blocked or trapped when
- >we invoke them from the Domain machines.
-
- >Let me explain. We are working on a Mac from home with software which
- >supports auto-zmodem downloading. From the HP-UX machine the zmodem
- >init string initiates the zmodem transfer and everything goes as
- >expected, however with the same command is issued from the Domain
- >machine you see the same portion of the init string, but you also see
- >things like the file name, CRC, and a few other things. This is not
- >normally seen!
-
- >This happens whether we are directly connected to the sio line or
- >telnetted in from the HP on a psuedo tty so I doubt whether it has
- >anything to do with the way Apollo handles the sio lines.
-
- >Do we need some compiler switch, header file, or different SYSTYPE to
- >get it to work or do we need to play with stty or something equally as
- >mysterious?
-
- I compile most everything, including zmodem, using SYSTYPE=bsd.
- The only changes I made to the code was to add a few casts to void
- to make it ANSI compliant.
- I've had it running as such for months without a problem.
-
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