djn1537@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu (03/02/89)
I recently received a uucoded copy of Kermit 2.2 in my mail box. I beleive that I uudecoded correctly and downloaded (binary) it correctly with kermit 2.0. This part was all nice and niffy, but the kermit 2.0 put it as a sequential file; so I had to sector edit it to change it to a program. Now it was ready to load. I took a deep breath and loaded it in C64 mode. It loaded fine, but when I typed the magical word RUN, it spit out a SYNTAX ERROR message. When I listed the program it , it said : 10 [green color] (2064) I tried doing a sys 2064 but it just did a run-stop/restore screen clearer. Has anybody got the same thing or did it and got it to work? If so, could you write back and tell me what's going on? Thanks o'lot, DAN NIX.
jgreco@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Joe Greco) (03/03/89)
In comp.sys.cbm article <46400027@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu>, djn1537@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu wrote: ] ] I recently received a uucoded copy of Kermit 2.2 in my mail box. ]I beleive that I uudecoded correctly and downloaded (binary) it correctly ]with kermit 2.0. This part was all nice and niffy, but the kermit 2.0 put ]it as a sequential file; so I had to sector edit it to change it to a ]program. ] Now it was ready to load. I took a deep breath and loaded it in C64 ]mode. It loaded fine, but when I typed the magical word RUN, it spit out ]a SYNTAX ERROR message. When I listed the program it , it said : ] ]10 [green color] (2064) Well.... let's see. First off, I believe [green color] is somehow related to the "^" symbol, in control mode.... meaning a code less than 32. Now I seem to recall that the token for SYS is also related to the "^" symbol.... with bit 7 set. Sounds like something got translated (read boo-boo) that shouldn't have. Since Kermit 2.0 saved it as a SEQ, I would hazard a guess that it got ASCII translated. :-) Two solutions, neither of which I am sure will work. (1) Try chmod'ing the file to an executable on the sending side first. I seem to recall that Kermit pays some attention to that privilege flag when deciding on translation. (2) Read the Kermit docs and figure out the set command to force a transparent transfer. (you might try the command 'set file-type binary'). More problems? Send mail.... Joe -- jgreco@csd4.milw.wisc.edu Joe Greco at FidoNet 1:154/200 USnail: 9905 W Montana Ave PunterNet Node 30 or 31 West Allis, WI 53227-3329 "These aren't anybody's opinions." Voice: 414/321-6184 Data: 414/321-9287 (Happy Hacker's BBS)