[net.micro.mac] MacTerminal V2.0 protocols...

harrow@exodus.DEC (Jeff Harrow, NCSE LKG1-3/F16 DTN=226-7445) (03/14/86)

Well, here I've finally received my MacTerminal V2.0 upgrade, and 
I see that it now support several new protocols.

Wellll, I'd just  figured  out  that I could use XBIN/MACPUT with 
MacTerminal V1 (and that still works if I so choose that protocol 
with  V2), but what do  I  need  to  use  (from  VMS),  and  what 
advantages do I get, with the OTHER protocols?

Has anyone put together  a matrix from their experimentation?

Jeff

Posted:	Thu 13-Mar-1986 12:42 EST
To:	RHEA::DECWRL::"net.micro.mac"

mlr0@bunny.UUCP (03/15/86)

> Well, here I've finally received my MacTerminal V2.0 upgrade, and 
> I see that it now support several new protocols.
> 
> Wellll, I'd just  figured  out  that I could use XBIN/MACPUT with 
> MacTerminal V1 (and that still works if I so choose that protocol 
> with  V2), but what do  I  need  to  use  (from  VMS),  and  what 
> advantages do I get, with the OTHER protocols?
> 

MacTerminal 2.0 will recognize automatic MacTerminal receive transfers
independently of which setting you choose as your default.

The new additions to MacTerminal are XModem Text and MacBinary. XModem text
removes LF's on input and adds them on output.  MacBinary is useful for
downloading files from CompuServe and other BBS's that support XModem.
(MacBinary in MacTerminal implies XModem).

sam@ccitv3.UUCP (03/19/86)

> Well, here I've finally received my MacTerminal V2.0 upgrade, and 
> I see that it now support several new protocols.
> 
> Has anyone put together  a matrix from their experimentation?
> 
> Jeff

Well, I haven't exactly put a matrix together, but I have experimented.  
Using 'macput -u' on a 780 running bsd 4.2 worked and works with Macterm 1.1,
but failed to work under the Macterm 1.1 protocol in Macterm 2.0. I just
one session using a few different net.sources.mac files with mail headers
stripped.

Sam Mantel -- Roch, NY