Subject: Appendix B: Your host -> your PC

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 Q: APPENDIX B: Transferring the Programs to PC
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   Naturally, this item only applies if you first transfer the files
to your mainframe host instead of directly downloading them to your
PC.
   After you have received the files to your host, there still
remains the task of transferring the programs to your PC. This is
familiar to most users, but occasionally there are problems. It
impossible to give advice that would cover resolving all the
difficulties, but the most common can be described. The most usual
file transfer method between the host and the user's PC is MsKermit.
(Zmodem and others may be used as well, but I would guess that most
often persons using these alternatives are advanced users, and can
resolve any problems by themselves.)
   The most common problem is probably that after getting a packed
file to one's PC, the file appears damaged. Almost always this is
due to failing to set correctly the Kermit parameters at ONE or BOTH
ends of the transfer. What you have to do is the following. In your
host Kermit set file type binary, set parity even (or none or
whatever), and in your PC MsKermit you must have the SAME parity you
set for your host (select host Kermit parity on the basis of your
PC's). If you fail to get these compatible, the transfer will not
result in what you want. Transferring text files does not lead to
problems so often. The trick is set file type text (or ascii
depending on your Kermit version).
   Finally, if nothing else, absolutely nothing else(!), seems to
resolve the problem, please let us know, and we will check that the
file at our site is good and proper.

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