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From: bas@wuibc.UUCP (Barry Siegfried)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: help with modem
Summary: how to get Kermit
Message-ID: <367@wuibc.UUCP>
Date: 21 Aug 89 16:36:35 GMT
References: <5912@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Sender: bas@wuibc (Barry Siegfried)
Organization: Washington University in St. Louis
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In article <5912@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, mullen@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (John Mullen) writes:
> 
>     I hope someone can help me.  My girlfriend just bought a C64 (used) and
> with it she received a 300 baud (Ughh!!) modem.  She was able to dial in and
> such, but can't run any programs which require a terminal type.  My guess is
> that she needs kermit.  I don't know much about kermit.  How/where would I
> get it, and how do you use it.  Also, if it matters, she is using a small
> black -n- white tv as a terminal.  Thanks for any help!!!

This posting should answer the question:

[beginning of posting]
>From: pwong@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Patrick Wong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Kermit 2.2
Message-ID: <8549@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 3 Aug 89 13:55:52 GMT
References: <186942@neabbs.UUCP>
Reply-To: pwong@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Patrick Wong)
Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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. . .
The following info. was given to me by Ray quite a while back:

The executable (and also the docs.) can be obtained by
doing FTP to log on the machine MAXWELL.PHYSICS.PURDUE.EDU
as ANONYMOUS and go the dir pub/c64kermit.

Happy KERMITING !!!

Patrick
[end of posting]

80-column output from Kermit is readable on my monochrome monitor.  I doubt that

it would be readable on a TV set, but I haven't tried it.

Barry Siegfried (bas@wuibc.wustl.edu)