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Subject: Re: XMODEM,YMODEM,ZMODEM,KERMIT Which is best and why?
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Date: 13 Jan 90 04:33:12 GMT
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Reply-To: pplacewa@antares.bbn.com (Paul W Placeway)
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flinton@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
< A beta-test edition of version 3.0 has just been announced (I _think_
< I saw the announcement on comp.archives).

Yes, this is true.  The new version has lots of new stuff, including
international char set handling (both screen and transfer), and the
windowing protocol enhancement (which makes Kermit better than X and
Y-MODEM, and Real Close to Zmodem in performance (roughly 95%
efficiency for text, slightly less (low 90s) for compressed data).

As a fellow Kermit developer, I ask you all to do Joe a big favor: If
you do get a copy of _beta_ MK 3.0, PLEASE do NOT pass it along to
your friends who can't FTP the release version when it comes out
(which will be quite soon), and PLEASE do yourself get the release
version when it comes out (and make sure all beta copies that got
around are updated).

You really wouldn't believe how many letters I get reporting bugs in a
_beta_ version of MacKermit that was superceded a YEAR ago (in this
case, 0.97 -- if you have it, throw it away and get 0.98).

		-- Paul Placeway