Kermit file transfer changes date stamp from 2004 to 1980 - Protocols
This is a discussion on Kermit file transfer changes date stamp from 2004 to 1980 - Protocols ; I transfer files acquired on a DOS machineDOS 6) onto a Windows
network, using Kermit, via a serial line, the Win machine runs Win98.
On both machines I run Kermit version 3.1.
I find that when I transfer files, the ...
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Kermit file transfer changes date stamp from 2004 to 1980
I transfer files acquired on a DOS machineDOS 6) onto a Windows
network, using Kermit, via a serial line, the Win machine runs Win98.
On both machines I run Kermit version 3.1.
I find that when I transfer files, the year in the date/time stamp
alters from 2004 on the DOS machine to 1980 when it arrives on the
Win98 machine. No other aspects of the time/date stamp alter- i.e. not
h:m:s or d:m... only the year. This doesn't happen when transferring
between two Win98 machines. It looks a bit like a Y2K problem.
Is there a setting somewhere that I can alter to rectify this?
Thanks
Geoff Lambert
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Re: Kermit file transfer changes date stamp from 2004 to 1980
Geoff Lambert wrote:
> I transfer files acquired on a DOS machineDOS 6) onto a Windows
> network, using Kermit, via a serial line, the Win machine runs Win98.
>
> On both machines I run Kermit version 3.1.
This may or may not be part of the problem. MS-Kermit 3.1 is ancient.
The "current" versions of MS-Kermit are 3.15 or 3.16 (as in
fifteen/sixteen, not one point five/six). Also, MS-Kermit is not
designed or recommended to be run under Win98.
See http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/mskermit.html which among other
things says
MS-DOS Kermit is not designed or intended for use in Windows 95, 98,
ME, NT, 2000, or XP, or OS/2. The recommended, supported, native,
and current Kermit software for these operating systems is Kermit 95.
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Re: Kermit file transfer changes date stamp from 2004 to 1980
Mark Sapiro wrote:
> Geoff Lambert wrote:
>> I transfer files acquired on a DOS machineDOS 6) onto a Windows
>> network, using Kermit, via a serial line, the Win machine runs Win98.
>>
>> On both machines I run Kermit version 3.1.
> This may or may not be part of the problem. MS-Kermit 3.1 is ancient.
> The "current" versions of MS-Kermit are 3.15 or 3.16 (as in
> fifteen/sixteen, not one point five/six). Also, MS-Kermit is not
> designed or recommended to be run under Win98.
MSKermit didn't play well with the IP stack of the modern Windows, and it
didn't like most winmodems, but on a serial link or even a proper modem,
MSKermit 3.16 works fine on Win98.
Around that time, I supported a lot of computers running MSKermit under Win
3.11, and a few under Win95. The ones that needed TCP/IP were upgraded to
MSKermit95, but that was a high enough cost item that only a couple were
upgraded.
For an individual, I think an upgrade to Kermit95 is well worthwhile.
My problem currently is ppor scrolling amongst the dialer entries, and
trying to keep the names of machines straight ;-)
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