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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Amiga(VT100) to VAX remote login problem
From: kens@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Date: 11 Jan 93 16:31:59 -0600
Organization: Mankato State University

I've got a problem trying to do a remote login to a VAX; from an Amiga.  I've
tried everything I can think of and asked some people who might know, to no
avail.  I'm using Mindlink for a terminal program; running a VT100 emulation. 
The link works fine for many things, but whenever I try to enter the DECnet
phone function the linefeed gets stuck at the top line and I have to reset.  
Also, (and this is the thing that really sux) when I try to read the news, some
lines don't get written as I move around within a listing; so that certain
lines from the last screen are left while others are written over, like they
are supposed to.  I suppose  this must be some kind of a text editor problem 
within the VT100 system, but I don't have any idea what I need to change.
If anyone out there has had experience with this kind of setup; I could really
use some help.  By the way, I *AM* setting the terminal type to VT100 within my
VAX login.com file.  Thanx in advance!     
                                             Ken Scott
                                             Kens@VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU
From: mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: Do I need UUCP to get News/Mail ?
Date: 10 Jan 93 15:30:25 GMT
Organization: Well, I haven't decided on a name yet...
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In article <amuser.726597057@marsh> amuser@cs.curtin.edu.au (Bill Sharp-Smith) writes:
> We have an A2000 with the A2065 Ethernet card and TCP/IP software. I
> would like to get news and mail running on it, hopefully using our local
> news archive machine (with NNTP ?)
>
> I am confused about the role of UUCP. Wasn't it superceded by the
> protocol Internet relies on ?

No. The backbones switched from UUCP to TCP/IP. There are still thousands
more UUCP sites than there are Internet sites, and probably will be for
years to come.

> Most importantly, do I need UUCP to get News and Mail ? Most of the PD
> news/mail programs seem to refer to/require Dillon's UUCP.

As of "today" you need UUCP for mail/news.

> Also, can anyone recommend news and mail software for a direct Internet
> connection ?

GRn 1.16f and above supports NNTP via the serial port. If you are a CBM
developer, contact me directly for other options.

GMail for SMTP is in development.
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From: borgen@stud.cs.uit.no (Boerge Noest)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Term 2.4: How do I select 'ack' for zmodem (ala NComm)?
Date: 5 Jan 93 18:35:41 GMT
Organization: University of Tromsoe, Norway


I have a big problem: Dowloads from my university using sz does crash in a
major way. It usually crashes at the very beginning (error @ 0). Using -vv
on the unix side tells me that it is 'waiting for path ack'(or nack?). Now,
using NComm and resume switches I can get downloads to work, even though I
get lots of errors, but Term will just quit after 9 errors. NComm has an
option for zmodem to set 'ack', but Term does not. Is there any way to
activate ack in Term?

Thanks.
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#Disclaimer: This university and me does not agree.
From: willw@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (William Waring)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: WHERE IS X-COMM ?????
Date: 10 Jan 93 15:10:06 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization

In article <1993Jan8.093907.571@doc.bmd.trw.com> rthorstr@doc.bmd.trw.com writes:
>Where is the latest version of X-COMM and is it the version that
>was supposed to have been released in December?  I haven't been
>on the net lately and may have missed the release announcement.

	Your timing is impecible. Version 1.00 has been _JUST_ been
released to amiga.physik.unizh.ch. Check the RECENT file...

	X-Comm Version 1.00 is available NOW.
	-------------------------------------


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jason 'KodaK' Balicki)
Subject: Re: Terminus problems
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:13:00 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.153002.5115@Armstrong.EDU> prall968@Armstrong.EDU writes:
>
>In my version of terminus, when I select 16 color mode The very bottom line
>of text is never completely erased, descenders are trailed up the screen is some psychedelic crayon job under smooth scroll. When not using smooth
>scroll the bits just trail up in rows..

Terminus is out now?  Great!  Is it just a registerd user release?

>Does anyone know how to fix this. I tried changing fonts, but for some reason 
>terminus will not allow me to change my font from termIBM08

Sorry, I don't have it.

>
>Gene Prall   prall968@pirates.armstrong.edu  |Look ma I is in college!|
>-Standard Disclaimer - 90 Day warranty - Parts and Labor not included - Tags,
>Taxes, and Titles may cost extra - Batteries not included - Allow 6-8 weeks
>for delivery | A1000 Owner and damn proud of it! 


--Jason Balicki
kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
From: Klaus_Seistrup@magneto.bbs.bad.se (Klaus Seistrup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: Binaries/Sources
Date: Tue,  5 Jan 93 21:08:06 +0000
Reply-To: Klaus_Seistrup@magneto.bbs.bad.se (Klaus Seistrup)
Distribution: world
Organization: Magnetic Ink, Copenhagen N, Denmark 
OD-Comment-To: Andrew_Clayton


  Hi Andrew.

dac@prolix.apana.org.au (Andrew Clayton) writes:

 AC> I will never say "Workbench Lander was a load of crap" ever again. :-)

<*GRIN*>


  Bliss!

    /kleis

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From: tom@mars (Tom Minchin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: xprZmodem.library problems
Date: 8 Jan 1993 05:06:40 GMT
Organization: Australian National University
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Daniel Barrett (barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu) wrote:
: >>In article <C0HIuH.534@news.udel.edu> don@chopin.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd)
: >>[in c.s.a.advocacy] writes:
: >->     My big problem with Term is that it uses XPRZModem.library, which seems
: >->to start getting error messages at the slightest sign of another running
: >->task...

: >barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett) writes:
: >>	I have noticed this too, but I had not realized that
: >>xprZmodem.library might be the cause.  I use xprZmodem.library with VLT
: >>5.576.  Has anyone gotten around this problem?
: In article <1993Jan8.015002.15180@news.uiowa.edu> mtpins@icaen.uiowa.edu (Michael T Pins) writes:
: >Using VLTjr Version 5.576 and xprzmodem.library version 2.51, I have yet to
: >see a problem on my A3000 w/ a PPI 9600SA modem....
: 	Several other people have written to me, saying they don't have
: any such problems with xprZmodem.library and VLT.  So, I suppose my problems
: have another source.  It just seems to me that I get more downloading errors
: during heavy disk activity... including timeouts.  Hmph.

I see that the two previous followupees (!) both use A3000s. Because of the
wimpy serial port the Amiga is _stuck_ with it is quite easy to over run the
buffer at 9600 baud. Standard 68000 Amigas will be rather strained if you
say download at 9600 baud and LHa at the same time, so having a nice '030
32bit system would help I guess.

Tom
CISR, ANU
From: jeper@kentcomm.UUCP (Jim Perkowski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: Terminus problems
Distribution: world
Date: 11 Jan 93 16:47:27 EST
Organization: No such thing as organization. Life is chaos!

In article <1993Jan11.153002.5115@Armstrong.EDU> prall968@Armstrong.EDU writes:
>
>In my version of terminus, when I select 16 color mode The very bottom line
>of text is never completely erased, descenders are trailed up the screen is some psychedelic crayon job under smooth scroll. When not using smooth
>scroll the bits just trail up in rows..
>
>Does anyone know how to fix this. I tried changing fonts, but for some reason
>terminus will not allow me to change my font from termIBM08
>
>Gene Prall   prall968@pirates.armstrong.edu  |Look ma I is in college!|
>-Standard Disclaimer - 90 Day warranty - Parts and Labor not included - Tags,
>Taxes, and Titles may cost extra - Batteries not included - Allow 6-8 weeks
>for delivery | A1000 Owner and damn proud of it!
>
>

When was Terminus released? I'm a registered owner of Jrcomm and I didn't even get
a post card about an update/upgrade. Hmmmmmmm.....Maybe Jack is slipping.

--
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kentcomm!jeper@aldhfn.akron.oh.us
  (Where am I when I need me?!)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: aduncan@rhea.trl.OZ.AU (Allan Duncan)
Subject: Re: Using xprzmodem in VLT
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 11:06:58 GMT

From article <1i7tckINNn32@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>, by riddle@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Graeme Anthony Riddle):
> I have continual problems with zmodem file xfers. I believe I have an 8-bit
> connection between my A3000 and my host. I have tried xfering a bunch of files
> using (under Unix) "sz *". The transfer proceeds fine for a while but 
> eventually the transfer terminates on completion of one file before sending
> the next. I get a message mentioning an inability to find the next file.
> 
> If I then delete the sent files and start "sz *" all goes well for a time
> and then the problem recurs. Since I wish to do xfers while I sleep and have
> a script log me off, on completion, this is a problem.

I have had some troubles with my host, and after putting a serial port
tracer on the connection I found that the CRC sent with the data is pure
8 bit binary (possibly filtered for Xon/Xoff).  If your connection is
via some server like Vista, you are bound to hit the local escape
character eventually.  In my case a Vista firmware upgrade screwed up
the raw mode switching causing it to go into local mode.  The cure was
to Set Port Local None, since VLT will send a break that gets you to
local mode.

This is probably not your case, but others may benefit.
Allan Duncan		ACSnet	 a.duncan@trl.oz
(+613) 253 6708		Internet a.duncan@trl.oz.au
Fax    253 6664		UUCP	 {uunet,hplabs,ukc}!munnari!trl.oz.au!a.duncan
    Telecom Research Labs, PO Box 249, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: kurt@tc.fluke.COM (Kurt Guntheroth)
Subject: Re: Binaries/Sources
Reply-To: kurt@tc.fluke.COM (Kurt Guntheroth)
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 17:38:10 GMT

dac@prolix.apana.org.au (Andrew Clayton) writes:

>Anyone with FTP access just goes to a amiga.physik mirror site,
>and gets files from there.  FTPMail also works, especially to
>mrcserv@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca.  Send a mail message to that site
>with 'HELP' as the subject, and you should get back a detailed
>enough picture of how to use the service.

As happy as those with FTP access are, there are still many with no access.
My experience with ftp mail servers has been very bad.  gatekeeper.dec.com
may take 2 weeks to respond, and sometimes eats requests.  An ncr server 
went silent years ago.  Something in mrcserv's messages made me reluctant to
strain their resources by using them extensively, though at this time I
can't remember what it was.

I was happy with comp.amiga.sources/binaries.  Most of the important
software came over the usenet, and little of the junk.  It was an effective
distribution method as far as I am concerned, and I have missed it.  I
heartily second Peter da Silva's (sp?) nomination as moderator.  He'll do a
great job, especially when compared with the current moderator, which
appears to be the null moderator.
From: olsen@sourcery.mxm.sub.org (Olaf Barthel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: term2_4
Distribution: world
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Date: 2 Jan 93 19:22:34 CET
Organization: MXM Barthel & Paesler

In article <1992Dec31.194936.14619@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> cs4gp6au@maccs.mcmaster.ca (Lockie      RJ) writes:
> 	Does anyone know why Term2_4 won't run on my A1200 with 2MB
> of chip ram?
> 	I can't seem to get it to boot. Are there any known problems?

   Lots of them ;-) Could you describe your particular problem more
in detail?

> 	Bob Lockie: cs4gp6au@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: nudd@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Nai Ying Kwok)
Subject: BaudBandit.device Problem Help!
Organization: Monash University General Access Unix
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:47:42 GMT

Hello folks,

Why is it that when I run baudbandit.device on my 500 52Q hd 3 mb Ram
0.5 chip that I get slower throughput than when I use serial.device? at
2400 bps I get 210 cps compared to 237 cps using serial.device and when
I run at 12k/MNP 4 I get 1390 cps as opposed to 1395 cps.

Why does the transfer efficiency drop so radically on slower baud rate?
I don't understand this at all.  I though BB.dev was supposed to be more
efficient?  And finally, perhaps the disparity will turn in favour of
BB.dev at greater than 12k transfer rates (I only have 12k mdm so I
wouldn't know)....

Any help anyone?

Nudd
From: limahl@tka.uucp (Paul Leclair)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: an FTP-site for Printer-drivers?
Date: 9 Jan 93 14:22:21 EDT
Organization: The Kobayashi Alternative BBS - (207)/946-7246

In article <1993Jan8.104944.24826@sunbim.be>, accs1@bagheera.mumath writes:
>I have an SG-15 and use the delivered EpsonXOld driver and it works
reasonable.

  I have an SG-10 printer driver that would also work with the SG-15.

                //-n-\\                 Paul A. Leclair |Sysop of The 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: mtpins@icaen.uiowa.edu (Michael T Pins)
Subject: Re: xprZmodem.library problems
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:50:02 GMT
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett) writes:

>In article <C0HIuH.534@news.udel.edu> don@chopin.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd)
>[in c.s.a.advocacy] writes:
->     My big problem with Term is that it uses XPRZModem.library, which seems
->to start getting error messages at the slightest sign of another running
->task...

>	I have noticed this too, but I had not realized that
>xprZmodem.library might be the cause.  I use xprZmodem.library with VLT
>5.576.  Has anyone gotten around this problem?

Using VLTjr Version 5.576 and xprzmodem.library version 2.51, I have yet to
see a problem on my A3000 w/ a PPI 9600SA modem.
Considering the amount of uploading/download I do, while tossing fidonet mail,
compressing/uncompressing files, playing games, who-knows-what-else, I question
faulting xprzmodem.  Unless, of course, you're on a slower machine and there is
a timing problem that doesn't show up here.  Considering the load I've been
known to put on this machine while downloading, I'd think that's not a problem
either though.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: s442013@nexus.yorku.ca (Ray Frederick)
Subject: lockup with null-modem
Organization: York University
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 13:45:36 GMT

Has anyone experience problems when using a null-modem cable to connect
the 500 to the 3000. I have them hooked up so I can see the output of
programs like Enforcer but I've been experiencing some problems.

For some reason, my 3000 and 500 just lockup and I can't do anything. On
the 500 I can reset the machine but on the 3000 the keyboard doesn't seem
to accept anything. I have a switch box between the two machines so that
I can either use the null-modem connection with the 500 or the modem for the
3000.


Any help will be appreciated, Ray.	s442013@nexus.yorku.ca
From: terje@light.fipnet.fi (Terje Bergstrm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: xprZmodem.library problems
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:28:02 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Fipnet - Espoo, Finland
X-Newsreader: Arn V1.00 beta rel2

In article <3491@ncr-mpd.FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM>, Chip Brewster writes:

> My friend's A3000 has no problems.  My stock 68000 A2000 has all kinds of
> errors if I try to do something else while downloading at 9600.  Sometimes

I don't have any errors during 9600bps transfers. I've got a A500 with
68010 and A590 (2 megs fast-ram fitted). I use BaudBandit.device 1.4c.

--
Terje Bergstrm
terje@light.fipnet.fi
From: ecl014@cbmnl.cbm.nl
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re:  Term 2.4a bug?
Date: 10 Jan 93 18:27:28 GMT
Organization: R&R Software


Ok this is the last time I'm going to tell this.

If you have download problems with term 2.4a and zmodem the best thing you
can do is change the zmodem buffer size to something bigger then the file
you are going to download.
This prevents a dump to disk during download and everything will work
out ok.

This really works!!

C'ya,

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From: pcs$1703@altair.selu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: BBS Software
Date: 5 Jan 93 01:10:29 -0600
Organization: Southeastern Louisiana University

Is there any current BBS software available on Fred Fish Disk ?
From: barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: xprZmodem.library problems
Date: 7 Jan 93 21:17:11 GMT
Reply-To: barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett)
Organization: BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED

In article <C0HIuH.534@news.udel.edu> don@chopin.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd)
[in c.s.a.advocacy] writes:
>     My big problem with Term is that it uses XPRZModem.library, which seems
>to start getting error messages at the slightest sign of another running
>task...

	I have noticed this too, but I had not realized that
xprZmodem.library might be the cause.  I use xprZmodem.library with VLT
5.576.  Has anyone gotten around this problem?

                                                        Dan

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From: spiercy@cup.portal.com (Scott Kelly Piercy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: Supra Modem Rom...
Date: Tue,  5 Jan 93 02:09:30 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

The Auto detect features are features of the latest ROM release 
1.2H (also in 1.2J, which just adds caller ID). Do an "ATI3" with a
terminal program to find out which ROM's you have.        


spiercy@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: markm@zerbin.dev.cdx.mot.com (Mark Montminy)
Subject: Re: serial.device for 2232 
Originator: markm@dnu6.dev.cdx.mot.com
Organization: Motorola Codex, Canton, MA
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:19:59 GMT


In article <Ace.04e7@auilcs0.UUCP>, Ace@auilcs0.UUCP (James Knowlton) writes:
|> In article <1993Jan4.105456.11599@walter.cray.com> paws@spam.cray.com (Daniel Baehr) writes:
|> > 
|> > 
|> >     Does ANY ONE have the NEWEST serial.device for the 2232 that handles
|> >  DTR correctly???  I have been searching for it many MONTHS now.  My
|> >  dealer can't get it and people at commodore won't answer e-mail about
|> >  it.  What the hell gives?  WHY is this so hard to get a hold of???  Any
|> >  help to put it in my hands would be most welcome.
|> 
|> You aren't the only one.  I haven't been able to get my hands on the illusive
|> 2232 serial.device that handles DTR either.  If you do find it lemme know.
|> It's not anything new - it was released, what, maybe a year ago?
|> Oh well.

It's availabel on some 2.04 install disks.  Mine has it, some claim thier's
doesn't.  The exact directory it was hidden in escapes me now though.  The
2.04 update procedure checks for it and updates it as well.  The file size
is 7880 bytes.  My 2.1 disks also have the same driver.  Hope that helps.
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