nu092254@ndsuvm1.bitnet.UUCP (11/18/87)
Kermit 3.80 seems to work great as far as not forcing me to reboot and
(non-destructively) rebuild my /Ramdisk anymore. Marvelous!
I also appreciate being able to dial the * now to turn off call waiting,
but I do have a problem with dialing using the modem command still.
Perhaps you can figure it out long distance and suggest a cure.
It dials just fine, and I get a CONNECT 1200 and everything, but then
when I hit return to get the other computer to acknowledge me, I get
garbage from it. I get control characters that screw up my screen, and
scrambled text, etc.
If I dial from Connect mode (type "ATDT*69...") everything works just
fine, and I don't get any garbage at all. I type return and the remote
computer says "enter class: ".
Also, if I do dial using the MODEM command, I can get it to recover, but
I have to do the following: Escape to kermit command mode and SET DISP 80 3
CONect again
issue an escape command to my modem ("+++")
tell the modem to connect again ("ATO")
All this is a pain, so I usually just dial from CONnect mode.
The only thing I can think of is that KERMIT is sending a character to the
remote computer when it gets it's connection, and that is screwing things
up. I really don't know though, I'm just guessing.
I'm using the SSC driver that came with KERMIT v3.78 by the way, if that
makes any difference and connecting to a hayes compatible (obviously) modem.
As long as this has gotten long already, one more request. KERMIT supports
getting several files automatically at my node using wildcards, and your
Apple KERMIT supports that just fine, but during the entire download, the
name of the first file downloaded is displayed. This leaves you with no
idea how far along in the download you actually are. It shouldn't be too
hard to change the filename displayed on screen when it changes to downloading
another file, and it would be a very nice feature to have.
Thanks for a great program.
take care,
-Bri
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