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Subject: MacKermit's Bugs
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Date: Sat, 6-Oct-84 17:01:26 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  6 17:01:26 1984
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From: "Kevin W. Laurent" 

I scarfed this message from the info-kermit Digest.  I, too, am having
problems getting MacKermit to work (other host is a Multics).  Is
everbody who downloaded Kermit having problems, or are we in the minority?
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>
>Date: Wed, 26 Sep 84  9:13:19 EDT
>From: Dave Swindell 
>Subject: MacKermit Problems with Kermit-10
>To: engel@harvard.arpa
>Cc: info-kermit@cu20b.arpa, hperry@bbn-labs-b.arpa,
>    jhayter@bbn-labs-b.arpa
>
>I recently FTP'd the hex file for MacKermit over to one  of  our  UNIX
>machines  dehexified  it, and used macput to transfer the output .rsrc
>file to a Macintosh.  When I tried to use  the  resulting  program  to
>connect to a DEC 10 running TOPS 10, I had the following problems:
>
>          1)  In  terminal  emulation mode, MacKermit would occationally
>          'forget' where received characters should be displayed.   Fre-
>          quently,  MacKermit  would  overwrite  the  last  line  and/or
>          character it displayed.
>
>          2) While in terminal emulation mode, MacKermit would bomb  out
>          leaving me with the message: System error id=2 (and the little
>          bomb).
>
>          3) When I tried to send or receive files to Kermit-10  on  our
>          DEC  10,  MacKermit  would simply hang.  I would have to press
>          the reset switch and reboot.
>
>I was running at 4800 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit,  no  parity,  and
>with   Xon/Xoff  support.   I  specified  'Macwrite'  format  for  all
>attempted file transfers.
>
>Any help which you could  provide  in  helping  us  get  MacKermit  to
>perform  correctly  would  be  appreciated.  If you have any questions
>concerning this message, please let me know.
>
>Dave Swindell
>BBN Labs
>dswindell@bbn-unix
>
>[Ed. - Steve, are you out there?  We have been able to transfer files
>with a DEC-20, which is very similar to a DEC-20, although when
>selecting MacWrite format, we get an awful lot of junk mixed in.]
>
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KLaurent@DENVER