mitchemt@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (05/05/89)
Does anyone out there have a communications program binary that they
can e-mail to me for SCO Xenix 286. I can't get anything (almost) decent
to compile. I have a 9600 baud connection to a mainframe and can't do any
file transfers. This is the pits. Help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Terry Mitchemked@garnet.berkeley.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth) (05/05/89)
> Does anyone out there have a communications program binary that they >can e-mail to me for SCO Xenix 286. I can't get anything (almost) decent >to compile. I have a 9600 baud connection to a mainframe and can't do any >file transfers. This is the pits. Help is appreciated. This is an nearly useless posting. In asking for help, how about telling what you've tried? What do you mean by "(almost) decent"? Presumably it excludes kermit, because C-kermit compiles and runs without problem under SCO Xenix 286. C-kermit works over a complex, multi-stage network between my machine and various Suns and Vaxen. At least the latter should qualify as "mainframes." I've even used it to transfer files to/from the Burroughs mainframe here (talk about timewarp -- I didn't know half-duplex machines were still around until I worked with this sucker). pcomm also appears to compile and work under SCO Xenix 286, although since I did not like procomm under MSDOS, I've not felt obliged to rigorously test pcomm as a Xenix clone. There are also versions of zmodem for Xenix, but I have NOT been able to get these to work EXCEPT with direct links between machines. Apparently there is something about UCDs intramachine links that causes problems. Also, if you have a half-way decent connection between your Xenix machine and the mainframe, AND the mainframe is running **IX, just use cu, using uuencode/uudecode if the files to be transferred are binary. Checksum the files and send them twice and compare if you are paranoid. Finally, if, as the song goes, "I can't get no satisfaction," boot MSDOS from Xenix, and use a MSDOS program! I too have SCO Xenix 286 and a 9600 baud (leased) line into the UCD "switch" with connections to UCB and the "real world." Earl H. Kinmonth History Department University of California, Davis 916-752-1636 (voice, fax [2300-0800 PDT]) 916-752-0776 secretary ucbvax!ucdavis!ucdked!cck