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From: crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: VLT/Kermit to Unix upload help needed...
Date: 7 Sep 92 18:13:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: glia.crystal.715889617
Organization: University of Washington

In <1992Sep7.070608.2874@csus.edu> monsoor@nextnet.csus.edu (Matt Monsoor) writes:
>In article <crystal.715572631@glia> crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal) writes:
>>Hi, I'm getting real good at downloading the world from my unix site, but for
>>some reason, I have muchos problemos trying to go in the opposite direction!
>>
>>The kermit commands that work for me to DOWNLOAD to the Amiga (after much trial
>>and error!):
>>
>>glia> kermit -i -e 1000 -s fname 
>>
>>BUT, when I try to reverse it, changing the -s to -r and then jumping back
>>to VLT, the darn thing either times out on me or gives so many erros that it's
>>not worth keeping the file.

> Excuse me for asking...what system are you on and what version of Kermit...

It is  C-Kermit 4E(072)  running on a SG Personal Iris using Irix.

>The kemit I use on the mainframe's allow me to first use the command "kermit"
>then when in kermit I change to the directory where the files are, set up the
>packet size, file type (binary or text), Block-Check (in the latest version)
>and then put the mainframe in Server mode by giving kermit the command "server".
Server mode??  Isn't that what the Iris would be normally?  *puzzle*
Oh, I'm always in the directory where the files are BEFORE I give my kermit
commands. And as far as I know, I've never been "in" kermit - I just issue
the commands to get kermit to act.  (That was what I was told, and they work
fine...but no one has said anything about getting "into" kermit. I am not a
programmer, so perhaps I should stay out until I know what I am doing?)

>When in VLT I set up VLT to be in the mode for the mainframe being in server
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
And what mode is that, in VLT terms?  I see a  Host is Server  command but
how can I tell which machine is which?  (or why they have to be switched?)
 
>and use XPRKermit to set the file size to 1000, the Block-Check to the same
>as what I set on the mainframe, the file type to the same and then issue a
>receive (which works the same as a get when using FTP).  Also you can set
>the default directory in VLT under the menu bar VLT "Change directory" or by 
>using "right Amiga - D".
Ok, file size I *think* I understand if you are referring to packet size.
Block Check I have no understanding of and therefore cannot set it 
intelligently on either side of this transfer. :<

Please forgive me for asking "why" questions, but understanding why something
works the way it does helps me to remember HOW to adjust things in the future.
It's just the way I learn complex concepts. :>

Thank you,
Crystal
  ;>
From: Tony-Preston@cup.portal.com (ANTHONY FRANCIS PRESTON)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: VT220/VT340 Terminal emulation?
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 10:20:40 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Sep13.041545.25033@news.iastate.edu>

Well, the new Jr-Comm does a pretty good job at VT-220, unfortunately,
it is not released yet.  I have been testing it and have found no
incompatibilities with my work VAX.  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: srn@cs.su.oz.au (Stephen Robert Norris)
Subject: Dnet nettrek client
Organization: Basser Dept of Computer Science, University of Sydney, Australia
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 23:57:19 GMT
Summary: Is there one?
Keywords: for nettrek?

	Having just received my 9600bps (+v.42bis compression) modem, I am
looking for the netrek client - I heard about it some months ago..

	Can anyone tell me where I can find it?

	Also, are there any other clients around?

	Stephen
From: crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: VLT insists on sending PATH with file!!! :<
Date: 14 Sep 92 23:41:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: glia.crystal.716514107
Organization: University of Washington

In <1992Sep14.131159.19621@hubcap.clemson.edu> charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV) writes:

>crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal) writes:

>Ugh. Kermit *and* 1200 baud!

;>  Yep...it's been one of those lifetimes :>

>I'm not sure what you can do about VLT/Kermit insisting on the pathname, but 
>you can:
>(1) Rename the RAM DISK: to something without a space in it. (Amiga side)

>(2) mv "RAM DISK:filename" filename , which works on my UNIX system
>    * note the quotes... :)

FANTASTIC!  - yes, these ideas work!

>(3) Try the "External Options" menu item.  For Zmodem at least there is
>    an option to turn "Send Full Path" *OFF*.  For Kermit, maybe.

Well, didn't find any path settings in there, but that options menu prompts
yet another question. :<

BLOCK CHECK (1,2,3)  It is set at 1 on VLT, but the little box that shows
up during the file transfer says BLOCK-CHECK 6.

Could this descrepancy have some significance?  (How would I know which 
number is the correct one to use?)

>Hope this helps some ...
>---Rick

Yes, it does...at least I feel like I'm getting closer to the solution :>

>+-------------+----------------------------------+----------------+----------+
>+"If she doesn't have a boyfriend already, there's something wrong with her."+
                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
....However...I do take exception to your sig comment.  ;>

"If she doesn't have a boyfriend already, she's too good for you." :>

(Some of us are mighty picky...) *grin*

Thanks!
Crystal
  ;>
From: Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: Baud Bandit 2.01 upgrade from PP&S
Date: Tue,  8 Sep 92 15:10:41 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Sep8.163954.5799@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com>

Perchance, do you have the mailing address other than "in Denver?"  Or is the
address in my BBandit 1.0 manual still valid?

-- 

*******************************************************************************
Jeff Grimmett [SuperBitMap BBS]        | fido!1:202/1401.0 [619-460-7290]


I don't have their new address handy. Perhaps someone else does. By the way, I
understand they are just "Progressive Peripherals" now.. having dropped the
"& Software" from their name. At any rate, barring your receipt of their
new address, just mail to their old address (yes, the one in your Bandit
1.0 manual). That place burned down but mail is being forwarded to
the new place, probably a day or two's delay.

Harv
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: hardie@herald.usask.ca (Peter Hardie)
Subject: ZyXEL 1496S fax speed with afaxdemo
Originator: hardie@herald.usask.ca
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:23:02 GMT


I have a new U-1496S with V M4.13 EPROMs. I am using afaxdemo 1.31 to send/
rcv faxes. For some reason the modem always negotiates a 9600 baud link
(either direction) even though I have &N32 set in the Wsetup string.
Any ideas why I can't get 14.4Kb?
(I've been using a suprafax V32.bis and the same software gets 14.4kb 
connection - oddly enough the ZyXEL seem to transfer the fax faster at 9600
than the Supra does at 14.4!)
Pete hardie@herald.usask.ca
From: sacke@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeff Hanna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: DON'T BUY A GVP PHONE PAK VFX
Date: 14 Sep 92 19:14:41 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

After I had posted my notice telling people to steer clear of the
GVP Phone Pak VFX, someone wrote me and said that he had printed out my
posting and was going to take it to WoC and ask the GVP engineers about
my problems.  I have yet to hear back from this good samaritan.  And, since
I accidentally nuked his emmail address I cannot contact him, except through
here.

Please write me and tell me what they said.  Or, if you didn't ask them, write
me and tell me that.  I would just like to know.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+|----------------------|+|------------------------------|+
+|                      |+|  Studio J Video Productions  |+
+| Jeff Hanna           |+|  PO Box 3086                 |+ 
+| Animation Consultant |+|  West Lafayette, IN 47906    |+
+|                      |+|  (317) 743-2983              |+
+|----------------------|+|------------------------------|+
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+|-----------------|+|-----------------------------------|+
+| GEnie: J.HANNA5 |+| InterNet: sacke@gn.ecn.purdue.edu |+
+|-----------------|+|-----------------------------------|+
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From: prf@otter.hpl.hp.com (Paul Freeman)
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 14:16:37 GMT
Subject: Problem un-lharcing Ncomm
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm


This isnt really a comms problem, but here it is. 
I down loaded Ncomm20.lha from fish disk 621. However I cant
decompress this, I get a message that suggests that the version 
of lharc which I have is out of date. 

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the correct lharc 
for decompressing NComm20.lha?

I get the message -lh5- compression mode required or something
like that:?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: king@rtsg.mot.com (Steven King, Software Archaeologist)
Subject: Re: interesting modem idea -- please read!
Reply-To: king@rtsg.mot.com
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 16:49:53 GMT

hbechtel@luke.wsu.edu (H. E. Bechtel) publicly declared:
>now with all of this do this:
>digitize the sample from the phone line and compare it to super-high-speed
>modems' analog tones
>send the correct tones out through the stereo sound jacks to match it
>divert the info directly into a modem package of some type.
>
>with these ideas, would it be possible to make a super fast modem using 
>amiga's abilities?  a small box could be made to house all of the rca 
>wiring etc...

I thought about this for a while.  The whole idea of making a software
modem is really neat, but I couldn't get over a couple of problems.

You don't want to just sample and digitize the output of a real modem.
The signalling specs are all available and it would be a lot easier to
just start from there and do it from scratch.  My stumbling block was
that anything higher than 300 baud uses phase-shift-keying.  The pitch
(frequency) isn't enough to determine whether you've 1s or 0s, you also
need to look at the phase of the signal.  I think I figured out a way
to generate phase-shifted signals on the transmit side, but it's beyond
my knowledge how to receive them.

Even if I could figure that out, it only takes us up to 1200 or 2400
bps.  Everything higher than that uses even freakier combinations of
phase and amplitude modulation.  I know *I* don't want to mess with
that garbage!  My Amiga couldn't handle it, anyway.  I've just got a
poor old A500 that has problems just scrolling the display at high
speed.  If it had to decode the analog signal as well I think it'd be
tough to bring it above 1200 bps, *MAYBE* 2400.

Now, 300 baud is pretty simple frequency shift keying.  It should be no
problem to make a software 300 baud modem, just a little bit of
hardware to get audio in and out of the machine.  It'd be cute, but 300
baud is pretty pathetic these days.  (Of course, when I bought my first
modem way back when, 300 baud was common and 1200 was for the rich
folks.  My 300 baud MicroModem //e cost just about the same as my shiny
new Supra 14.4 Faxmodem...)

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Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not    |      Steven King
having any opinions at all.                            |   Motorola Cellular
            (Georg Christoph Lichtenberg [1742-1799])  |   king@rtsg.mot.com
From: Fady_Kardoush@amusers.UUCP (Fady Kardoush)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: Problem un-lharcing Ncomm
Distribution: world
Date: 8 Sep 92 10:36:16 PST
Organization: The Amiga Users Group of Victoria BC

In a message dated Mon  7 Sep 92  2:55, prf@otter.hpl.hp.com (Paul Freeman)
wrote:

 PF> Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the correct lharc 
 PF> for decompressing NComm20.lha?

 PF> I get the message -lh5- compression mode required or something
 PF> like that:?

Use the de/compressor Lha. It is the newest, fastest, cruncher around.

 -- AEd V1.36/Eval

-- Via DLG Pro v0.992

             +----------------------------------------------------+
             |      Fady Kardoush    |           AMIGA!           |        
             |  Victoria, BC, Canada |The spirit of multitasking! | 
             +----------------------------------------------------+
From: Tony-Preston@cup.portal.com (ANTHONY FRANCIS PRESTON)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Standardized BBS Doors
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 11:10:43 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

I am interested.  I tried to send you mail twice, but could not
get it to reach you.
 
Do you have any specs on the interface your are proposing?  How
is the Citadel effort going?
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From: skyluke@skylink.sublink.org (Luca Spada)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re:  The cause for Term problems? (was Re: Term 2.3 still has problems...)
Date: 10 Sep 92 01:50:05 GMT
Organization: Sky Link (Amiga BBS) - VA, Italy, Europe

In article <1992Sep1.041352.23856@polari> dwdyer@polari.online.com writes:
>Well, I've tried just about everything.  All I've come up with is a sure-fire
>way to make Term 2.3 crash (8000 0003) -- when the screen opens, do a quick
>double-click with the left mouse button after the "About" screen disappears.
> 
>Boom!
>

It doesn't guru on my system.  Term v2.3 seems ROCK STEADY, never got a
problem with it after a week on deep usage.

It's  the  best  terminal  program  ever  created in my opinion and the
program that BETTER FOLLOW the 2.x OS rules.

It lacks only a DoorWay emulation.

--

Ciao!
                                                   Sky Luke
                                          (skyluke@skylink.sublink.org)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: willw@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (William Waring)
Subject: Re: TERM 2.2b and Xmodem transfers
Organization: /etc/organization
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 07:02:40 GMT

In article <1992Sep12.045243.2609@foetus.syd.sgi.oz.au> peterk@foetus (Peter Kerney) writes:
>Hi there everyone.
>
>I am running 'term 2.2b (14.5.92)'. I used to be able to transfer files
>from my UNIX machine using Xmodem protocol (I think).
>
>Now, whenever I try and transfer, as soon as the 'transfer status' window
>opens up the Amiga gets a software failuse #8000 0004 and I have to reboot.
>
>Anyone had this experience. I have checked my 'stack', run from WBench
>and shell, removed all my resident programs etc.

This is a known problem in Term 2.2b and has been fixed in Term 2.3 - I 
suggest you download it from anonymous FTP or try some BBS's. (How about
Nut Factory on 601-4343 as I notice you are Sydney OZ aswell :-)).

-- 
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From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: VT220/VT340 Terminal emulation?
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 04:13:41 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Sep13.041545.25033@news.iastate.edu> <65778@cup.portal.com>
  <1992Sep14.071620.20632@news.iastate.edu>

In article <1992Sep14.071620.20632@news.iastate.edu>
barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N Barrett) writes:

| [...]
|    What the original poster was looking for was a VT240/340 emulator.  There
| are **LIGHT-YEARS** of differences between the VT220 and VT240.  VT240 is
| as big a step up from VT220 as the A4000 is from the A1000.  

Then why the subject: "VT220/VT340 emulator"?  "Someone" entered "VT220"! :-)

As for diffs between a VT220 and VT240, it's a matter of preference, and
"better" is an opinion.  The garbage keyboards render all of DEC's terminals
for the past 8 years "unusable" in my opinion; I (and my company) have ceased
buying DEC terminals (and we've been a "DEC shop" for over 20 years).  We've
found better value with X terminals (and even old Sun-3/60 boxes running only
the Xkernel-1.4).

| [...]
|    The programs I mentioned for the Mac and PC handle all of the bitmapped
| graphics capabilities of Regis and Sixel.  I have yet to see even hints of
| anything for the Amiga that does this.

True, but "who cares?" for Regis and Sixel?  The world (from my perspective)
has gone "X" and PostScript; anything else is (essentially) archaic, though
HPGL is still useful for plotters for pertinent applications.
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From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Other than Dnet ...
Date: Sat,  5 Sep 92 17:12:10 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

In article <1992Sep5.010448.28110@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
kaarts@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Kenneth John Aarts) writes:

|  Other than Dnet, what communications programs can I use to transfer files
|  between my amiga and a unix account in the background while still maintaing
|  an interactive session? 
|  
|  I will be trying to set up slip soon, so I am looking for something
|  different yet.  (All over a v.32 connection)

Any comm program supporting Ymodem-BATCH or zmodem transfers should work
just fine for your stated purpose.

The two I use are Handshake and AZcomm (simply because I have them and have
been using them for years for just that purpose), and I'm sure there are many
others that will also function satisfactorily (including Kermit).
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: theune@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Peter Theune)
Subject: Re: Kermit
Organization: Johns Hopkins University
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 02:39:03 GMT

king@rtsg.mot.com (Steven King, Software Archaeologist) writes:

>MLO@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (LORETI, Maurizio) publicly declared:
>>'Kermit' as a standalone program does not exist for the Amiga

>Oh no!  I've got an imposter on my Amiga!  One of my first aquisitions
>when I got my A500 was a program claiming to be Kermit.  At least, it
>looked like Kermit and acted like Kermit...

>Yes, Virginia, Kermit (the program) does exist on the Amiga.  Though
>why anyone would ever want to use it is beyond me.  From the contents of
	    i         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


Some of us need to connect to systems whose Anal Retentive Sys
Admins(tm) won't put any of those "kid stuff, hacker type" comm
protocols on their systems.

>Fish Disk 026:

>C-kermit        Port of the popular "kermit" program, a flexible
>                virtual terminal and file transfer program from
>                Columbia University.
>                Author:  Unknown, ported to Amiga by Davide Cervone

>-- 
>-------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------
>Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four  |      Steven King
>essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and   |   Motorola Cellular
>fat.                                    (Alex Levine)  |   king@rtsg.mot.com

Thanks for the info, I'll track it down.

Peter .
From: akerman@qucis.queensu.ca (Richard Akerman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Does GfxBase X support Xremote?
Date: 9 Sep 92 14:19:18 GMT
Reply-To: akerman@qucis.queensu.ca (Richard Akerman)
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Queens Univ., Kingston, Ontario, Can.
X-Disclaimer: All opinions expressed herein were sent to me telepathically
              by Elvis from Mars.

We have a new dial-in system here which offers SLIP, and something called
xremote, which I assume is a low-bandwidth X protocol.  Does GfxBase Xwindows
for the Amiga support such a protocol?

-- 
Richard J. Akerman   | Akerman@QUCIS.QueensU.Ca    +-------------------------- 
Semi-competent       | Akerman@QUCdnAst.BITNET     | One pretend sheep!
 Graduate Student in Computer Science              | Two pretend sheep! ...
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada      |            - The Count
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: ROGOSCHP@MAX.CC.Uregina.CA
Subject: xcomm again
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 92 21:43:43 CST
Organization: University of Regina

For those of us who don't have the benefit of looking at the beta release of xc
omm.  What features does it have. What protocol does it support eg does it have
 kermit.  does it have good vt100 emulation.  And what os is required to run it
.
 
 
 
 
 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,aus.computers.amiga,aus.computers
From: jts@krk.fi (Janne Siren)
Subject: Re: HELP:  Connecting Amiga 1000 modem to Amiga 500?
Organization: Radio Club of Kauniainen (OH2NRG)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 05:15:39 GMT

: After quite foolishly handing over the money to a friend so he could 
: collect the modem, I discoverd it came with NO manuals and a cable that 
: seemed to connect to my parallel port (I had to unplug my printer). :( 

Amiga 500's RS232 is standard, A1000's is not. I'm not sure about the parallel
port, but you should get serial cable especially for the Amiga 1000.  
 
: (1) Is there a way of connecting this modem to my serial port with either:
: 	(a) different cable?
: 	(b) gender bender (serial port on Amiga-500 is female)

I'm not sure about that gender bender, it might work. I'm no expert.

: (3) Are there communication packages that work through the parallel port?

As far as I know, no.

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From: ralph@bugend.edvina.se (Staffan Vilcans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Wanted: specification of SkyPix
Date: 8 Sep 92 23:18:07 GMT
Organization: Bugend BBS

Here's another one....

What I'm also looking for is the specifications for the SkyPix format 
use by some BBSes.

It's for another project.

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