topix@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (R. Munroe) (06/15/91)
I'm using ZTerm 0.85 on my Mac at home. I use it to connect with a general purpose unix account at the University of Toronto (my Internet gateway). My modem is 2400 baud. Something neat just happened and I was wondering if this is a feature of most comm applications, or ZTerm just happens to be a very bright software package. I was in the middle of downloading a binhex'd file when things just locked up. The Mac didn't crash but the transfer halted for some reason. Rather than wait and see if it was just a delay, I turned my modem off and back on again to break the connection. I then logged back in to UofT and started sending the file again. Much to my surprise, ZTerm picked up where it left off - remember, I had broken the connection but had not exited from ZTerm (I did hit the cancel button in ZTerm's progress window, though). What a very nice feature. I even got a message in the progress window saying the the transfer had resumed. Once ZTerm's vt100 emulation is a bit better (ever try to vi a file?), I can't imagine a better package around. Bob Munroe TOPIX Computer Graphics + Animation, Inc. topix@utcs.utoronto.ca 416.971.7711
tmattox@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Timothy I Mattox) (06/15/91)
In article <1991Jun15.040335.16036@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> topix@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (R. Munroe) writes: >I'm using ZTerm 0.85 on my Mac at home. [...stuff deleted...] >I was in the middle of downloading a >binhex'd file when things just locked up. The Mac didn't crash >but the transfer halted for some reason. Rather than wait and see >if it was just a delay, I turned my modem off and back on again to >break the connection. I then logged back in to UofT and started >sending the file again. Much to my surprise, ZTerm picked up >where it left off - remember, I had broken the connection but had not >exited from ZTerm (I did hit the cancel button in ZTerm's progress window, >though). What a very nice feature. I even got a message >in the progress window saying the the transfer had resumed. This is a feature of the zmodem trasfer protocal, which happens to be ZTerm's main transfer protocal. >Once ZTerm's vt100 emulation is a bit better (ever try to vi a file?), >I can't imagine a better package around. It's vt100 emulation is fine. The problem you have encountered is a bug in the use of tab settings. Zterm does not automatically initialize the locations of the tab stops. You need to do this to be able to use vi or any other program that sends tabs to your terminal. To initialize the tab settings, just select "show controls" in the "Options" menu. Do this twice to get rid of the funny symbols (the control characters). It's such a small bug, that is so devistating to those who use unix and don't figure out how to bypass the bug. For me, I set up a QuicKey macro to toggle the "show controls" menu item for me whenever I launch ZTerm. As for a better package, I'm hoping the author is working on a new version of ZTerm. I like its no frill's approach. It's quick, and small. -- Live long and prosper. - Tim Mattox - (email: tmattox@ecn.purdue.edu) (talk: tmattox@en.ecn.purdue.edu)
ian@umiami.ir.miami.edu (06/16/91)
In article <1991Jun15.040335.16036@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>, topix@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (R. Munroe) writes: > I'm using ZTerm 0.85 on my Mac at home. I use it to connect with a > general purpose unix account at the University of Toronto (my Internet > gateway). My modem is 2400 baud. > > Something neat just happened and I was wondering if this is a feature > of most comm applications, or ZTerm just happens to be a very > bright software package. I was in the middle of downloading a > binhex'd file when things just locked up. The Mac didn't crash > but the transfer halted for some reason. Rather than wait and see > if it was just a delay, I turned my modem off and back on again to > break the connection. I then logged back in to UofT and started > sending the file again. Much to my surprise, ZTerm picked up > where it left off - remember, I had broken the connection but had not > exited from ZTerm (I did hit the cancel button in ZTerm's progress window, > though). What a very nice feature. I even got a message > in the progress window saying the the transfer had resumed. > > Once ZTerm's vt100 emulation is a bit better (ever try to vi a file?), > I can't imagine a better package around. > > Bob Munroe > TOPIX Computer Graphics + Animation, Inc. > topix@utcs.utoronto.ca > > 416.971.7711 It is a nice feature of ZMODEM...but did you notice the file type... ZBin or some such...I haven't been able to do much with those kind of files.. sigh...how did you make out? -- Scruffy Ian Sullivan ******************************************************************************* **ian@umbio.med.miami.edu % "God is dead"- Nietsche ** **ian@umiami.ir.miami.edu % "Nietsche is dead"- God ** **ian@umiami.bitnet % "Nietsche is God"- The Dead ** ** % ** **UUU UMUMMM MMMMMM % "Skate to Kill--Kill to Skate" ** **UUU UMU MMM MMM MMM % ** **uUU UMU MMM MMM MMM % "Life's been good to me so far..." -J.W. ** **UUUUUUUUMUof MMMMM MMM % "Give it a while." -Me. ** ******************************************************************************* Damn, Underwater Basket Weaving 302 is filled, well there goes my summer!
j1whalen@handel.helios.nd.edu (Jon Whalen) (06/18/91)
In article <1991Jun15.194256.10646@umiami.ir.miami.edu> ian@umiami.ir.miami.edu writes: >In article <1991Jun15.040335.16036@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>, topix@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (R. Munroe) writes: >> I'm using ZTerm 0.85 on my Mac at home. I use it to connect with a ... >> bright software package. I was in the middle of downloading a >> binhex'd file when things just locked up. The Mac didn't crash ... >> sending the file again. Much to my surprise, ZTerm picked up >> where it left off - remember, I had broken the connection but had not > >It is a nice feature of ZMODEM...but did you notice the file type... >ZBin or some such...I haven't been able to do much with those kind of files.. >sigh...how did you make out? That's one of the two small, but irritating things about ZTerm/Zmodem. You can use the "Zbin" files if you just change the type/creator info using resedit or some other program. I don't know whether the problem is one built into the zmodem protocol or whether it's a "feature" of ZTerm. --jon -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Whalen @ U. of Notre Dame | At the moment, I have absolutely nothing to j1whalen@handel.helios.nd.edu | say. (Which is probably for the best.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
scasterg@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stuart M Castergine) (06/18/91)
In article <1991Jun15.194256.10646@umiami.ir.miami.edu> ian@umiami.ir.miami.edu writes: >In article <1991Jun15.040335.16036@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>, topix@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (R. Munroe) writes: > >It is a nice feature of ZMODEM...but did you notice the file type... >ZBin or some such...I haven't been able to do much with those kind of files.. >sigh...how did you make out? >-- >Scruffy The auto-resume feature works great for me on text transfers, but not at all on MacBinary transfers. -- scasterg@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Stuart M Castergine "Step by step they were led to practices which disposed to vice -- the lounge, the bath, the elegant banquet. All this in their ignorance they called civilisation, when it was but part of their servitude."