wtm@neoucom.UUCP (06/05/87)
Hi, Procomm doesn't actually update the parameters on the disk until you exit the program via Alt-x. At that time, any changes you made get saved. There are a few parameters that update the disk immediately, though, when changed. Also, as another poster mentioned, make sure that the defualt directory for procomm and its up/down loads is set (via Alt-s). The pathname should end with a backslash: eg. C:\PROCOMM\. The first ten times you run the program, you are required to look at the copyright screen & plea for money (also can be called up with Alt-i). The computer patiently waits for you to "press any key" to make sure you viewed the copyright. This stops after the tenth invocation of the program. So, be sure you run the program ten times before you run it remotely, or else it'll hang waiting for you to press a key, which is hard to do through the phone. One other thing is that kermit only seems to be happy in 7-bits, space parity when talking to Unix hosts. All in all, Procomm is a very good value for the money. It's biggest plus is that it supports so many transfer protocols. While the scripting language isn't perfect, it is still qutie powerful, and thus adequate for most applications. For more information, you can contact Procomm's publisher at: Datastorm Technologies, Inc (Formerly PIL Software) PO Box 1471 Columbia, MD 65205 BBS: 314-449-9401 I don't have any association with Datastorm, other than having used the program. Bill Mayhew Division of Basic Medical Sciences Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Rootstown, OH 44272 USA phone: 216-325-2511 (wtm@neoucom.UUCP ...!cbatt!neocuom!wtm)
anderson@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) (06/07/87)
In article <597@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes: ]Procomm doesn't actually update the parameters on the disk until ]you exit the program via Alt-x. At that time, any changes you made ]get saved. This may be misleading. File PROCOMM.PRM (containing the parameters) is updated at exit (Alt-X) time, as Bill says. Changes you make during your session are local to that session (that is, lost when you exit), *unless* you have (a) made changes *and* (b) chosen "save changes to disc" on the particular menu. The way Bill put it, you might get the impression you need to change back to your preferred defaults before exiting; in fact, you do not, as long as you have not chosen "save to disc" along the way. I do this all the time, since one of the hosts I communicate with has to have 8,N,1 set for Kermit transfers (a function of that particular Kermit). ==ARPA:===============anderson@vms.macc.wisc.edu===Jess Anderson====== | UUCP: {harvard,seismo,rutgers, (avoid ihnp4!) 1210 W. Dayton | | akgua,allegra,usbvax}!uwvax!uwwircs!anderson Madison, WI 53706 | ==BITNET:======================anderson@wiscmacc===608/263-6988=======