bgribble@jarthur.claremont.edu (Bill Gribble) (11/28/90)
Is there any way to abort an XPR file transfer in VLT without rebooting? Several times I've hit amigaR to receive without making sure that sender and receiver were usng the same protocol and ended up waiting twenty minutes for a timeout to abort the transfer or, with zmodem, having to reboot to get out of the thing. Alternatively, is there a 'kill -9'-type command that will break a process no matter what? break doesn't seem to work on much of anything. Also: does anyone know if there are plans at commodore or elsewhere for a cheap high-resolution monochrome graphics board? I'd like res better that 640x400 to run xwindows in, if I'm going to fork 5k for an Amiga 3000ux. ***************************************************************************** ** Bill Gribble Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA ** ** bgribble@jarthur.claremont.edu Never heard of it? You're stupid. ** *****************************************************************************
jbn35564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson) (11/28/90)
bgribble@jarthur.claremont.edu (Bill Gribble) writes: >Is there any way to abort an XPR file transfer in VLT without rebooting? > Several times I've hit amigaR to receive without making sure that sender > and receiver were usng the same protocol and ended up waiting twenty > minutes for a timeout to abort the transfer or, with zmodem, having to > reboot to get out of the thing. You can click outside the VLT transfer window and hit ESC. That works for me, but there usually is a bit of problem getting the sender (if you're downloading) to stop sending, so I have to hit ^X to get the sender to stop. The other two questions, I'm not absolutely sure about, so I won't attempt to answer. >***************************************************************************** >** Bill Gribble Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA ** >** bgribble@jarthur.claremont.edu Never heard of it? You're stupid. ** >***************************************************************************** -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Earth destroyed by solar flare. Film at eleven" - The last nightly news.| +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | jbn35564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Internet) These opinions are mine, that's all.| +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
myb100@csc.anu.oz.au (11/28/90)
In article <9823@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>, bgribble@jarthur.claremont.edu (Bill Gribble) writes: > Is there any way to abort an XPR file transfer in VLT without rebooting? [...] Use the <esc> key - press it once, and you should see the error count go up a few. Then it beeps, and it says 'Transfer Aborted' (or similar). Sometimes you have to hold it for a second or two - it doesn't appear to poll the keyboard continuously during transfers. > Also: does anyone know if there are plans at commodore or elsewhere for a > cheap high-resolution monochrome graphics board? I'd like res better > that 640x400 to run xwindows in, if I'm going to fork 5k for an > Amiga 3000ux. I hope I didn't misunderstand your question... :-) Commodore already produces the A2024 monitor, which is capable of ~1k square in four shades of grey. (the numbers mightn't be quite right..sorry) It runs quite happily on an A2000 (so we've been told by The Dave :-)) There's also a Viking Moniterm monitor I believe. (I may have mixed the names up a bit, but anyway, there are monitors out there, and Amiga's support them already) > ***************************************************************************** > ** Bill Gribble Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA ** > ** bgribble@jarthur.claremont.edu Never heard of it? You're stupid. ** > ***************************************************************************** =============================================================================== Markus Buchhorn /// | This space Mt Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Canberra /// | PMB Weston Ck. P.O. A.C.T. 2611, Australia \\\/// | intentionally markus@mso.anu.oz.au -or- nssdca::psi%mssso::markus \XX/ | left blank ===============================================================================