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From: russ@unisoft.UUCP (Russell E. Button)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Procomm vs VAX
Message-ID: <2467@unisoft.UUCP>
Date: 26 Sep 89 01:49:17 GMT
References: <42900050@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: russ@unisoft.UUCP (Russell E. Button)
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In article <42900050@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> look@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>I am trying to use Procomm v2.4.2 to down-load files from a VAX785 running
>BSD 4.3 UNiX here to a XT. I am using Kermit on the VAX and attempting to use
>the Kermit protocol in Procomm with no success. All I get are "exchanging 
>parameters" and "packet resent" messages until I abort the attempt. I have 
>tried many combinations of what I believed to be correct set-ups. Has anyone
>out there successfully used Procomm Kermit to transfer files from a VAX? I 
>would appreciate any comments that may help. Email or post is o.k. Thanks,
>
>Steve Look
>look@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu

I  had that problem for a while too.  What you have to do is set the file type
in kermit while you're on the VAX machine.  For instance if you're trying to
download a text file, then in kermit you say:

set file type text



Or if you're trying to download an executable file you say:


set file type binary


Good luck!

Russ Button