#Xterm v3.1
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For those of you who didn't plunk down $50.00 for Maxiterm, I have uploaded
the latest version of Xterm. This is a *beta test* version, and has some
missing features. I uploaded it principally to make sure that it would work
with CIS. *Do NOT* hit the HELP key, it will cause the program to terminate
with an error. In fact, any function key *except F6 & F7* will give the
same error. This is *not* a bug!
The missing functions will be added and uploaded soon. The current version,
named XT31.BAS in DL7, *will work as is*! Use F6 to start recieving and
F7 to send. I have tested the program extensively with a local bbs and have
encountered *no* problems. It also appeared to upload itself to CIS without
a hitch. I will verify this as soon as the program is released to public
access. If you have any questions, suggestions, etc. contact me via Email.
— Kaelin C.
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Dear Kaelin,
I have looked at your file and it is in image format — I can't be certain
if it is XMODEM or not. Here are the first three lines of your XT31.BAS as
they look when you do a "read" on it:–
……….
:1800000031303020202073636E636C723A207072696E74202258746578
:18001800726D2076332E31206279204B2E4C2E20436F6C636C61737565
:180030007265202831312F31362F383529220A3130352020207072696F
……….
Is this what you expected your file to look like? Also, if so, how will
the Amiga Members download this file? What Terminal Program will they use? I
look forward to hearing from you so we know that everything is all right with
this file. Thank you for sharing.
Sincerely,
Sysop/Betty Knight
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AHA!!! I was right!!! The fragment you put up tells us a couple of things!
First, lines are terminated with a SINGLE Line Feed character…which is
probably not acceptable to CIS in a text file. Maxiterm, et al, will have to
have their XMODEM modified to replace the line feed character with a cr/lf
combination during upload. The other fact is that the file was uploaded as
BINARY (or CIS switched it to binary because of no line terminators!). Folks
with MAXITERM **should** be able to download using Binary from cis and it would
work. The appropriate download command would be:
dow file.bas/proto=x/type=bin
For those of us who don't have an xmodem protocol on our amigas, there is a way
to download binary files as text. What you get is the hex version of the file
just as you typed it. Then you run the hex version through a conversion
program to derive the useable text for the Amiga. The program that does this
is available on one of the other sigs…I'll see if I can upload it to this sig
(it's in generic basic and should be possible to convert to Abasic).
Rick Schaeffer
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Betty, thank you for bringing this to my attention. Indeed this is *not*
what I had intended, I specified the wrong format when I uploaded the file!
I will re-upload the file immediately using ASCII format…
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