ostwald@zodiac.DEC (Bob Ostwald DTN 283-7657 FPO-1/A7) (04/19/85)
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CALLING ALL MACDETECTIVES
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Okay.
So I used XBIN and MACPUT to try to transfer some public domain programs from my
VAX account to my Mac. The settings (MacTerminal -0.15 Alpha) were 8-bit, no
parity, modem, and Macintosh. I got the transfer percentage "thermometer" to
appear on the screen. What happened after that varied a bit/byte.
In one case, I got a half-hour of code mostly streaming down the right edge of
the MacTerminal window with lots of "beeping". In other cases, I got a "Bad
MacFile" error box. Sometimes I just got the dollar-sign prompt back. In all
cases, I got vestiges of files (0-1K). The icon for each of these files was
either a Macwrite icon (!) or, I think, a Macterminal document icon.
The final humiliation is that I can no longer access anything on the disk.
MacTerminal is set as the startup application and attempts to QUIT, SAVE, and
SAVE AS... crash the system ("invalid queue element".)
Other clues:
o XBIN seemed to work. It converted xxxx.HEX to xxxx.DAT, .RSR;2, .RSR;1,
and .INF.
o I suspect my problem has to do with the version of MacTerminal I am using.
The documentation for MacPut says it was meant for newer versions of
MacTerminal but an option exists to use -0.15. How do I exercise that
option? Or is this not the problem at all?
I'd appreciate your guidance. Please send me mail and save the net from this
"trivial pursuit"
Thanks.
Bob Ostwald ZODIAC::OSTWALD
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"The butler did it in the pantry with a Banana PC..."
______________________________________________________edmoy@ucbopal.CC.Berkeley.ARPA (04/20/85)
>------------------------- >CALLING ALL MACDETECTIVES >------------------------- > >Okay. > >So I used XBIN and MACPUT to try to transfer some public domain programs from my >VAX account to my Mac. The settings (MacTerminal -0.15 Alpha) were 8-bit, no >parity, modem, and Macintosh. I got the transfer percentage "thermometer" to >appear on the screen. What happened after that varied a bit/byte. > >In one case, I got a half-hour of code mostly streaming down the right edge of >the MacTerminal window with lots of "beeping". In other cases, I got a "Bad >MacFile" error box. Sometimes I just got the dollar-sign prompt back. In all >cases, I got vestiges of files (0-1K). The icon for each of these files was >either a Macwrite icon (!) or, I think, a Macterminal document icon. Two things come to mind. First of all, with -0.15 MacTerminal, you need to use the -o option on macput. The xmodem protocol used by MacTerminal has changed since then. Secondly, make sure the XON/XOFF is turned off. The Alpha version doesn't know to switch this off itself during file transfer. Edward Moy Computing Services University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 edmoy@ucbopal.APRA ucbvax!ucbopal!edmoy