[4660] in SIPB bug reports
Re: Problems using zmodem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dennis Baron)
Tue Jun 28 18:59:33 1994
To: yandros@MIT.EDU
Cc: micro-help@MIT.EDU, bug-dialup@MIT.EDU, bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
From: dbaron@MIT.EDU (Dennis Baron)
In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 28 Jun 94 16:47:11 +0500.
<9406282047.AA04953@infocalypse.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 18:58:44 EDT
>Athena users can get to such a kermit client, as `wermit' in the sipb
>locker or `kermit.new' in the modem locker.
Are you implying that it _is_ supported by Athena? If so, why are
consultants pointing users to Zmodem?
>When I was a consultant, there was a popular myth that the problem had
^^^^^^^^^^^
The problem is that I've never understood what "the problem" was. I
thought "the solution" that was recommended was to type "terminal
download" at the CPTs... even though this never seemed to make much
difference for me.
>Is anyone equipped to try a monitored transfer, somehow?
What's this mean? What do you want to do - just put a datascope on
the line? That shouldn't be too hard... but is anybody interested in
doing it? Seems like our Athena _party_line_ is "use the old, slow,
reliable Kermit"... which is OK by me since everybody should be using
an MITnet connection and ftp anyway :-) . If neither SIPB nor IS
wants to support something better we should just say it - and _not_
tell people to use Zmodem and then flounder when it doesn't work.
Dennis
