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From: zeke@shamash.cdc.com (Robert Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Best UNIX->Mac download utility?
Summary: Zmodem for hardware secure connections.
Message-ID: <26004@shamash.cdc.com>
Date: 20 Sep 90 20:40:27 GMT
References: <1990Sep18.230524.12628@rice.edu>
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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?
> 

Try zmodem protocols for situations where you have a reliable hardware-
hardware connection, such as an MNP-3 modem, or in your case with the
CODEX (which must be connected to another CODEX, yes?).  I use ZTERM
on my Mac, and have compiled the sz and rz programs from public source
for my SUN.  I regularly get 920-940 characters a second with this
combination.


Zeke

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