[comp.sys.mac.comm] ZTERM and rz problems

altman@socrates.ucsf.edu (John Altman) (05/23/91)

At the suggestion of several folkd on the net, I have been trying out
the combination of ZTERM and rz/sz (obtained from sumex) for doing file
transfers of large BinHex files at 9600 baud.  I've compiled rz and sz
on a MIPS machine running unix and have ZTERM running on my SE.  I've
had no problems sending files from the MIPS to the mac with the command
"sz -a filename", but when I try to send large BinHex files from the
mac to the unix box, using the send command of ZTERM, without giving
a command to the unix shell (I believe that ZTERM is set up to do the rz
automatically), the transfer invariably gets hung about a quarter of the
way through.  Any suggestions?

Thanks,
John

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John Altman                                    *  altman@picasso.mmwb.ucsf.edu
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, S-926  *
University of California, San Francisco        *
San Francisco, CA 94143                        *

charlie@bongo.cc.utexas.edu (charlie blake) (05/24/91)

In article <altman.675014311@socrates.ucsf.edu> altman@socrates.ucsf.edu (John Altman) writes:
>I've
>had no problems sending files from the MIPS to the mac with the command
>"sz -a filename", but when I try to send large BinHex files from the
>mac to the unix box, using the send command of ZTERM, without giving
>a command to the unix shell (I believe that ZTERM is set up to do the rz
>automatically), the transfer invariably gets hung about a quarter of the
>way through.  Any suggestions?

One suggestion is to make sure that you are connecting to the machine with
a parity of 8N1. I had this problem connecting to our suns/sparcs and then
doing uploads and downloads. It would let me do things fine other than file
transfers, then once I would do a transfer it would do anywhere from 50-150k
just fine then lock up. 

Good luck.

Pug