Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!garnett From: garnett@cs.utexas.edu (John William Garnett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Answer to tip/zmodem question Message-ID: <64@puma.cs.utexas.edu> Date: 19 Nov 90 19:31:27 GMT References: <86@ar-rimal.cs.utexas.edu> Organization: UT at Austin, Dept. of CS Lines: 23 In article mdixon@parc.xerox.com (Mike Dixon) writes: > > During my downloads using zmodem I found that it achieved about 225 to > 230 characters per second using a 2400 baud modem. This is a whole > lot better than the 78 or so that kermit typically achieves. > >what version of kermit are you using? more recent versions (with large >packets and windowing) do *much* better -- i get 922 cps over a 9600 >baud modem. I was using version "C-Kermit, 4E(070) 29 Jan 88, 4.2 BSD". Looks like its safe to say this is an old version. I apologize for insinuating that all versions of kermit are slow. It appears that the newer versions of kermit are as fast as or faster than zmodem. Apparently, the latest version 5a of kermit uses sliding windows and does compile on the NeXT. -- John Garnett University of Texas at Austin garnett@cs.utexas.edu Department of Computer Science Austin, Texas