Re: Downloading from internet for GS

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <6g6rqd$c28$1@its1.ocs.lsu.edu>,
Jeff A  Dicharry <jdicha1@tiger3.ocs.lsu.edu> wrote:
>	I have a GS rom 01 and have the SAME problem every time I try to
>download from a source via telnet... no matter which software I use to
>dial.  When I download, I get immediate checksum errors and I never get
>the file.  I have tried changing all the parameters I can thing of (from
>modem speed to parameters on the unix system I download from.)

   Check to be sure you're not running anything on the unix side that
messes with keystrokes, such as 'screen', overintrusive shells (such
as running it under emacs), or anything else. The simpler the
better. Next, make sure that telnet is set to an 8-bit connection--
before the telnet starts, set those flags. [Start telnet by running it
w/o a destination address, then 'set binary on' and finally 'open
remote.host.wherever.tla'] 

   Whenever you do downloads, make sure that binary mode is set at ALL
times in ALL places, starting with the initial ftp, and everything
else.  You mess up once, files are likely to be scrambled when you try
to unpack them.

>	Kermit downloads the file ok, but it comes over unusable.  Other
>protocols fail (zmodem, xmodem, ymodem, etc.)  

   I'd expect you got bit by not using binary xfer in Kermit.

Nathan Mates

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