Re: ZModem and Proterm 3

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jeffr@bnr.ca (Jeffrey Robertson) wrote:
>
>Jeffrey Robertson <jeffr@nortel.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>If your sz still won't work, try sb and ymodem instead.
>>
>>Yeah, if I gotta.  But I wouldn't be surprised if I find
>>problems getting these two guys talking, too.
>
>... and now to follow-up my own article, I tried this, and
>had the same problems: CRC errors and subpackets instead
>of headers.
>
>An email correspondant suggested that the problem was my
>connection between the unix box and my IIgs was
>dropping the 8th bit somewhere.  My employer recently
>changed the firewall box between work and home, so it
>is remotely possible that this box is dropping bits.
>But I doubt it.  I'll be calling tech support about this.
>
>(When I dial into the firewall machine, I specify the
>machine I want to connect to -- ie, the one on my desk.
>It sets up a telnet (or telnet-like) connection to that
>machine.  But a telnet session supports 8 bits, right?)

A telnet session only supports 7 bits, right?  That is why
Seven Hills' SIS browser can't download binary files.