Re: [Sheflug] Stone Age Serial Comms

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Wednesday 08 Aug 2001 3:25 pm, you wrote:

> However, I can't yet find a way to do 8 bit file transfers. (I can
> transfer 7-bit files to the Psion's terminal window, but I can't save
> them off to disk.

As the link can only transmit characters below 7 bits you need some way of 
escaping any characters above 7 bits.

> The Psion only gives the options 'Kermit' and 'Y Modem'

Kermit and Y Modem are two such beasts. kermit is available for most distros 
although ISTR it has a funny license. lrzsz does ymodem, as does minicom. Not 
sure which is best as I haven't used either extensively.

This howto may help:

http://arizona.speedchoice.com/~lufthans/unix/docs/HOWTO/psion-HOWTO.html
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