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Date: 4 Jun 90 12:08:34 GMT
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Subject: Re: wermit (aka kermit)
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References: <1990May31.170522.13031@stretch.cs.mun.ca>

>From article <1990May31.170522.13031@stretch.cs.mun.ca>, by matthew1@stretch.cs.mun.ca (Matthew J. Newhook):
> Does anyone have any idea why wermit is so slow.  I am using the 
> binary that was posted to the net, on a 8086 XT, running minix 1.3.
> 
> At 2400 baud it is like running at 300 baud.  All text that is printed
> to the screen (with the exception of help in connect mode ^]?) is like
> it is being printed through stderr.  It is really slow...  Does anyone
> have any ideas why?
Wermit?
I have two versions of Kermit running here, and they both run fine...
Maybe the memory allocation needs a tune-up?

Fred.