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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:	Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:	Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:	Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1433
Total number of notes:	10312

816.0. "VAX > ST file transfer (again)" by CHEFS::MURPHYJ1 () Mon Apr 02 1990 12:28

    Greetings,
    
    Being fortunate (!) to have both an ST and a MicroVAX 2000 at home
    can someone enlighten me hom to acheive file transfer between the
    two over a serial line? I have tried using Kermit and Xmodem to
    no avail.
    
    I suspect its something to do with the terminal line characteristics -
    I have tried setting PASALL and played around with eightbit etc
    but without any luck.
    
    The ST is connected into the back of the MicroVAX via a DEC-423
    lead, I can run terminal sessions without any problems but just
    cannot transfer anything.
    
    Any ideas?
    
    Jon.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
816.1	Several options here	PRNSYS::LOMICKAJ	Jeffrey A. Lomicka	`Mon Apr 02 1990 13:17`	16
	Are you running VMS or Ultrix? Kermit should work, using Uniterm at the ST end and VMS Kermit at the VMS end. If you can log in, you should be able to transfer files. What are your error symptoms? If you can transfer ascii but not binary, read PRNSYS::DUA2:[LOMICAKJ.HOBBY.ST]XFERINTRO.TXT to find out what went wrong. If VMS, get SSU installed and use the combination of STRANSF/Whack. This should give you about 400char/sec file transfer rate at 9600 baud, limited by Whack's serial line throughput. Whack is optimized for 2400 baud, and by default you will only get about 300 bytes/sec. You will have to change some of the timing parameters. If you get it working at all, I can give you timing numbers to improve the throughput. If using Ultrix, your best bet is the KA9Q TCP/IP package. See the last topic in the KA9Q topic for the direction to go for getting this working.
816.2		JOVE::reilly	Michael Reilly	`Thu Apr 05 1990 23:34`	2
	And if you are running Ultrix use X/YMODEM for the highest throughput.