Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!unisoft!russ 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) Lines: 30 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