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From: mcc@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Merton Campbell Crockett)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Trouble with Telix Kermit
Keywords: Procomm, Telix
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Date: 4 Jan 91 04:20:02 GMT
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I have not used Telix so can't comment on its appropriateness.

I have used Procomm and MS-Kermit.  One of my requirements is that the prod-
uct provide an exemplary VTxxx terminal emulation.  The version of Procomm
that I tested and used for a short while failed miserably on its VTxxx
emulation.  Setting Procomm up so that it did a fairly reasonable emulation
of a VTxxx terminal required constant changing of set-ups to handle the var-
ios Unix (ATT and BSD), VMS, IAS, and RSX hosts that I use.  These changing
set-ups also effected whatever file transfer protocols were available on
the host systems.

MS-Kermit 3.02 on the other hand doesn't  suffer from these problems.  It
has perhaps the best VTxxx emulation that is available (provided that you
aren't particularly concerned about double-high, double-wide character em-
ulation).  It also provides TEK 4014 graphics capability.

I wasn't particularly impressed with ZMODEM as a transfer protocol.  Kermit
used over a 2400 baud modem link produces the same effective throughput as
ZMODEM provided that the host is running C-Kermit 4E, 4F, or 5A.  I haven't
tested it that much against another MS-DOS machine.  In those cases where
the windowing capability of Kermit has been enabled, there was only a marginal
throughput improvement; however, the host systems were only set for two 
windows rather than the three required for true streaming.

In addition to simtel20 and the University of Vaasa, the MS-Kermit sources
and executables are available from the University of Columbia.  Internet
node name watsun.cc.columbia.edu.

Merton