Snow Leopard and Classic Mac OS — #34

Post #34 by napabar

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Networking
Post Date	Fri, 4 Sep 2009 - 04:55
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/snow-leopard-and-classic-mac-os.18406/

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This article from Apple states that MacTerminal supports xmodem. So does ZTerm. Did you try send a file xmodem to xmodem?

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Yup. In fact to use MacTerminal 1.1, the protocol is set to XModem. The same is set under ClarisWorks. For whatever reason this did not work in ZTerm. While it may be XModem protocol, it is not MacTerminal 1.1 compatible, meaning it doesn't keep the resource forks intact in a way MacTerminal Xmodem understands them. This doesn't really surprise me as MacTerminal 2.2 is the highest version which can be used on a 128K, so the vintage version of XModem protocol it uses could be different than the a more modern and standardized version used in ZTerm. Also, MacTerminal 1.1 was a Mac-only legacy transfer protocol which was eliminated with ClarisWorks. I have to imagine that Apple modified the XTerm implementation to allow for encoding and decoding of the resource fork, and likely packet size, none of which would have been necessary on the original CP/M format, or PC driven variants which ZTerm claims to largely support. I just don't see anybody continuing a MacTerminal 1.1 legacy standard which was likely mostly usurped by more efficient ones in the late 80s.

On the other hand, I may not have had the settings adjusted exactly right on ZTerm, so it is worth obtaining the latest version and checking it out.

Hmmm. I've just been messing around with ZTerm. I ran it on my LC and PowerMac 6500, and used a printer cable to connect. I was able to send files and apps over, and they retained their resource fork. It would be my expectation that a Mac specific app like this would cover those bases. I have MacTerminal 1.1, but it won't run on my LC, even under System 6. I still think there is a way to make this work. You mind emailing me MacTerminal 2.2 to give it a whirl?

I'm also going to send Dave Alverson an email. His last entry on his ZTerm page was a year ago, where he mentioned he was working on a UB for ZTerm. That would be cool, as I didn't install Rosetta with 10.6, and don't plan to.

There are also some other Terminal programs out there, like MacWise I might give a whirl.