Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!ukma!nrl-cmf!ames!oliveb!intelca!mipos3!cpocd2!howard From: howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: some random questions Message-ID: <997@cpocd2.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 16:40:22 EST Article-I.D.: cpocd2.997 Posted: Mon Nov 30 16:40:22 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Dec-87 00:47:44 EST References: <145@teletron.UUCP> Reply-To: howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman) Organization: Intel Corp. ASIC Systems Organization, Chandler AZ Lines: 40 Keywords: MPW macput MultiFinder Summary: don't use XMODEM download mode in Mac Terminal In article <145@teletron.UUCP> andrew@teletron.UUCP (Andrew Scott) writes: >2) How do I get 'macput' to work? I got the copy posted several months ago > and have it compiled on our UNIX Sys V system. I have tried the > following sequence with no luck: > i) run 'xbin' to create the file.data, file.rsrc and file.info > files. No problems here. > ii) type 'macput file' from terminal mode > iii) select the "XMODEM Download" command from my Mac program ^^^^WRONG^^^^^^ > iv) both programs time out > I have tried Red Ryder, MacTerminal and others. I'm not sure whether > I've got the settings wrong or 'macput' is compiled wrong (it was a > BSD only program as distributed). What is the *exact* procedure used > by people who've done this successfully? (including settings) I had the same problem, using MacTerminal 1.0 (gack, I know, but I haven't figured out how to get an upgrade yet). As far as I can tell, the XMODEM setting doesn't work at all. Instead, set communications to another Macintosh, before you try a transfer. Then, when you run macput, you don't need to do anything on the Mac end, MacTerminal just figures out that the transfer has been started and puts up a little status window with a moving diamond telling you what percentage of the file has been transferred. When it is finished it beeps and returns to terminal emulation. WARNING: This procedure can be sabotaged by any DA that likes to pop up and take control of the machine, particularly screen-savers like Fade To Black. Make sure that any such programs have been disabled before you start a long transfer. If you *DO* start a transfer and (say) Fade To Black wakes up, you have a few seconds before the transfer times out, so it is possible to recover if you move quickly. Just click the mouse and pray ... Now if I could just get a faster modem! -- Howard A. Landman {oliveb,hplabs}!intelca!mipos3!cpocd2!howard howard%cpocd2.intel.com@RELAY.CS.NET "Coming soon - HyperKama - a HyperCard stack of the Kama Sutra"