NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/cbm/5208

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From: [e-mail] (Michael W. Kelley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Desterm and Ymodem?
Date: 24 Dec 1992 13:26:16 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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In a previous article, [e-mail] (Coyt D Watters) says:

>I fired up Desterm to transfer some files using ymodem batch (ok, it was a
>disk full) from my PC to my C128 @ 1200 bps by hooking the modems together.
>
>Desterm and my PC agreed and ran "just fine" through the transfer, but when
>I tried to play the sidplayer files (i.e. all the Xmas SIDS on milton), the
>intro screens were garbled (extra characters), and the music would play at
>most one note before ending.
>
>I used Xmodem on another terminal program (just 3 files, .mus .str .wds for
>one song), and that song worked fine.  Same type of connection, still using
>Procomm host at the PC end.
>
>Any suggestions?  I really don't want to have to type all those names and
>extensions in one at time for a file which takes an average of 15 seconds.
>
>-Coyt
>
>
Was your default filetype set for PRG in Desterm, or SEQ?
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