Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!iuvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucdcsp!gillies From: gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: some random questions Message-ID: <76000058@uiucdcsp> Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 11:21:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcsp.76000058 Posted: Tue Dec 1 11:21:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 11:41:14 EST References: <145@teletron.UUCP> Lines: 22 Nf-ID: #R:teletron.UUCP:145:uiucdcsp:76000058:000:1046 Nf-From: uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies Dec 1 10:21:00 1987 I suspect there is an error in UNIX MacPut w/MacBinary. To work around it, I download a binhex file (.hqx) using our unix 4.2 "xmodem" or "mackermit" facility, then convert it with BinHex. "MacPut -u" may also work, as the previous note suggests. My Mac II has problems with several telecommunications programs, so I use various methods. 1. Red Ryder 9.4 -- usually crashes in xmodem. Sometimes works if the 68020 cache is turned off. If you're downloading .hqx files, then you can use MacKermit (slower), which works reliably. 2. MacTerm -- usually works, but will hang sometimes (clock stops permanently). I turn "CRC off" in MacTerm, and if I'm switching from another telecom program (Red Ryder), I switch early so that MacTerm sees some normal characters before it begins the transfer. 3. BackDown -- (downloading DA) -- I just discovered this and it works extremely well, it hasn't crashed yet. It supports CRC/Checksum xmodem downloading. Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois {gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu}