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From: JDA@NIHCU.BITNET (Doug Ashbrook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re:  EXEC-ing Sound Progs
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Date: 3 Jun 88 19:20:15 GMT
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>     Recently, a series of six (6) files was posted to APPLE2-L.
> When EXEC-ed, they produce binaries which will generate music when used
> with an Apple sound program.
>
>     I have downloaded the third of these six on two different
> occasions, and, each time, received "ERROR" upon EXEC-ing them under
> PRODOS 1.0.1 on an un-enhanced Apple IIe.

Just last night I had a similar problem downloading a file with
Kermit 3.83.  Normally I have a clean phone connection and no retries
are needed.  But last night I must of had a noisy phone connection
because many retries were occurring.  When the packet was
re-transmitted, Kermit did not throw away the bad packet.  Each time
I attempted to EXEC the file after any retries had occurred, I got
the "ERROR" message.  I was finally able to download the file without
any retries and it then EXECed cleanly.

Has anyone else had any problems with Kermit not discarding bad
packets?

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J. Douglas Ashbrook                                  (301) 496-5181
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