rr2g@WATT.ACC.VIRGINIA.EDU (Rhonda Ragland) (01/26/89)
OK, thanks guys for all your help with the Profiles dilemma. Now I've got another problem. It'll probably seem quite silly to all you cp/m experts out there but I need to know how to download a file from a bbs. I'm using a Kaypro 2X running cp/m 2.2g (no upgrades have been done here :-) )with an Anchor Automation Signalman Mark XII modem. I'm using MEX 112 as my communications software. Here's the scenario: I logged onto the KUGROS (Kaypro BBS) and I moved around to the area that I wanted (By the way I don't just have a problem with this bbs it's that I DON'T KNOW what I'm doing!!) The prompt is "To DOWNLOAD A FILE enter FILENAME.EXT or 1 to 11" The numbers corresponding to a specific file. The xmodem protocol is set on my version of mex and on the bbs so of course I enter the number corresponding to the file I want to download and the bbs gives me a msg that the file is ready to be downloaded and it's waiting for me to give it something. My question is WHAT am I supposed to do here? The GENIE system says something about starting a receive file. Is that the same as turning on capture mode? If so how long does it take for something to look like it's happing? I need step by step info here - you're explaining it to someone who's about to pull her hair out. I tried changing the protocol to xonxoff (which according to the documentation on the bbs is for simple ASCII text transfers) and boom I can download the file with no problem both ascii and binary files, but when I get to trying to run the files, for example unarc.com, it will not run. What's the problem? I am totally confused and the documentation I have on MEX112 either isn't complete or it wasn't written to be a step by step tutorial for the COMPLETE NOVICE. I know I probably should have learned all this stuff a LONG time ago (when cp/m was the in os) but I never had the interest (bad term). If someone has some simple (and I really mean simple) documentation they could send me I'd REALLY appreciate it or if you could explain downloading to me so that I can understand it I'd appeciate that also. As I said it's not the bbs it's just my lack of knowledge on the subject. I had the same problem on GENIE. Right now I'm using the university computer system - an AT&T 3b15 and it's so much easier to ftp from sites than to download from a bbs. You just find the file you want and say "get fn.ft" and in a few minutes you have it. Of course I'm using procomm, I guess it's kermit protocol(?), and I'm connected to the LAN. Can life be that simple using my kaypro2x? I really would like it to be. I too have considered changing from cp/m to dos but I've found out that there's so much software out there that it's not necessary for me to do so -- if I can just get to it, DOWNLOAD it, and make it work. Hey I'm trying. I've had the KAYPRO business pak since late '84 or early '85 and I'm just starting to see what awaits me through the use of my modem. I just learned how to connect to a bbs over the Christmas holiday. (OK quit laughing) Well I guess this just about covers it this go round. Thanks in advance for all your help and advice. You really don't know how much I appreciate it. -- ============================================================================== # A day at work is not like a day in paradise !!! # # # # # Rhonda Ragland # University of Virginia # # Internet: rr2g@virginia.edu # Applied Mechanics Program # # Bitnet: rr2g@virginia.bitnet # Charlottesville, VA 22903 # # UUCP: ...!uunet!virginia!watt!rr2g # (804) 924-6265 # ==============================================================================