williams@kirk.dec.com (John Williams DTN 223-2163) (01/05/87)
Your problem is most likely overrun. I use PC intercomm to perform uploading, and I need to set transmission speed to about 600 baud. This is an internal speed that regulates the transmission of characters to the modem, the Avatex still operates at 1200. The terminal server for VMS assumes an interactive user. If you do not have success at straight 1200 baud, I would suggest using 300 baud for uploads, and only when there is little CPU activity. John.
braner@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (braner) (01/06/87)
[] If you're using PC/Intercomm anyway, use KERMIT for uploads (and downloads). It is a lot faster (at 1200 baud) than a 300 baud ASCII transfer! (and, of course, you're guaranteed no errors...) I HAVE done many 1200 baud ASCII uploads to the VAX here, but it runs BSD, not VMS. Also, it only works if I dial the VAX directly. If I rlogin from the other VAX I get overruns... BTW: the echo-ing of chars by the VAX back to the ST cannot quite keep up with the transmission during a 1200-baud upload, so it LOOKS bad, but it works! (Some chars come back to the ST after the transmission is done, and some others may be lost, but if you look at the file on the VAX it's all there.) - Moshe Braner