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From: gl8f@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: File transfering with a Vax
Message-ID: <1990Dec16.021512.8002@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Date: 16 Dec 90 02:15:12 GMT
References: <1990Dec13.181334.1597@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
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In article <1990Dec13.181334.1597@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> reyy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>
>  There has been a bit of talk regarding file transfers
>between ST's and Vax machines (via kermit).  I for one
>have an old 1200 baud modem and really annoyed with the
>fact that kermit takes so long.

About 3 years ago, Kermit was updated to use long packets and sliding
windows, making it much faster. I know that Uniterm supports long
packets. Check how old your Vax kermit is, and if it's pre-1988 or so
then it's not Kermit, it's your admin.