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From: ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Best UNIX->Mac download utility?
Message-ID: <13852@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 19 Sep 90 14:39:09 GMT
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In article <1990Sep18.230524.12628@rice.edu>, mcw@vesuvius.rice.edu (Michael Wirth) writes:
> I download more stuff than I care to think about from UNIX machines (normally
> BSD Suns) over phone line to my Mac (usually running VersaTerm-PRO).  I've
> even succeeded in borrowing a 9600b modem (Codex 2264).  But my effective
> download speed is terrible:
> 	~2K using macbput (because of its short packet length)
> 	~3K using kermit (and that's using long packets -- but with "binary
> 		quoting" the net speed is reduced to ~2K bps. It's also
> 		ugly to use)
. 
. What's the best download utility for this situation?  Is their a PD ymodem
. available?
. 
. The info-mac/unix archives at sumex-aim aren't much help.  Suggestions?
. 

Try Zterm on the mac side, and rz/sz on the Unix side.  This setup handles all 
our various machines with ease.  Look in the info-mac/comm directory.  
Throughput?  On a terminal server, I often hit 95% efficiency, sometimes higher.

Eric
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