[Coco] Xmodem, Ymodem ...Back on the COCO

[George Ramsower]

So I need to find out how to make the COCO work with this PC.

 NEVER MIND the OTHER computers and operating systems.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Ramsower"
> I'm curious why Ymodem won't work between this PC XP-Pro SP2 and my coco 
> OS9-L2
>
> Xmodem works, but places stuff at the end to fill in the last 100 bytes(I 
> assume)
> I can't get Ymodem or Zmodem to work at all. So, what I do is just edit 
> out the extra crud that xmodem adds and the end and go from there.
>
> I don't use a terminal program on the coco. I simply do "shell i=/t2&" 
> from the coco in the startup file and use Hyperterminal on this PC to do 
> my work.
> Well, actually right now, I'm using /T3 on the coco because I lost a 
> driver or reciever on the coco on the /t2 port. I need to fix that. This 
> happens about once a year.
>
> I run it at 9600 baud, 8n1, using using all the handshaking lines such as 
> RTS, CTS and RD
>
> The Xmodem and Ymodem routines I have came from the OS9-L2 BBS system I 
> bought about a thousand years ago.
>
> This has been a problem since day one. I read on this list that another 
> person(I can't remember who) said he couldn't get Ymodem (or maybe Zmodem) 
> to work either.
>
> Suggestions?
>
>
> George