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From: malloy@nprdc.arpa (Sean Malloy)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: v01i007 Procomm Test Drive (part2)
Message-ID: <1127@skinner.nprdc.arpa>
Date: 4 Dec 88 22:16:26 GMT
References: <1380@aucs.UUCP> <323@pnbell.UUCP> <193@ssp2.idca.tds.philips.nl> <1414@aucs.UUCP> <2293@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Reply-To: malloy@nprdc.arpa (Sean Malloy)
Organization: Navy Personnel R&D Center, San Diego
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In article <2293@ddsw1.MCS.COM> karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM(Karl Denninger) writes:
|Kermit protocol is STILL broken, at least in batch mode.  It will now send or 
|receive a single file, but when trying to receive more than one file it 
|terminates the other end after the first file has been sent (grrr....).  To 
|duplicate, go into kermit on a Unix (or other working) machine, type 
|"send file1 file2" and then tell local PComm+TD to receive.  You'll get 
|one file.

I would suggest that you look at the copy of kermit on the Unix end
before dropping all the blame on Datastorm. I used PCPLUSTD for some
four months while waiting for my copy of Procomm+ to arrive, and never
had any problems with sending multiple files, either before or after I
received my copy of Procomm+. On several occasions, I've downloaded
fifteen or twenty files in a single batch command, and the only
problem I've ever had is with noisy phone lines.

|Why, why, why, Datastorm?  It can't be that bad; Zcomm got it right....  I 
|won't bother picking on them about the emulations (some of which are STILL 
|broken as well); when I found the download problem the package got 'rm'd 
|from our DOS area.

@BEGIN(SARCASM) Why single out PCPLUSTD? If _any_ program you use has
_any_ bugs, don't bother to inform the authors, just take it off the
system. After all, your time, and the time of your compatriots,
shouldn't have to be taken up with the menial tasks of working around
a bug or informing the authors of the bug; after all, it's the
_developer's_ fault that they didn't find the bug; they're _obviously_
only interested in your money rather than delivering a quality
product. Of course, if Zcomm ever turns out to have a bug, I'm _sure_
that you'll drop it like a hot potato, just the same way you dropped
PCPLUSTD when you found a bug in it. @END(SARCASM)


	Sean Malloy
	Navy Personnel Research & Development Center
	San Diego, CA 92152-6800
	malloy@nprdc.arpa